The 5 Cs of Security as a Service

Conclusions

The 5 Cs finishes with our conclusions on why end users are quickly moving to Security as a Service.

Conclusions
Change, Compliance, Cost, Continuity, and Coverage; these are all basic considerations for an organization. For anyone challenged with evaluating and implementing technical solutions, these factors provide a useful lens through which available options can be viewed. With the past as our guide it is clear that the future will demand more flexibility, reach, and capacity more quickly and at lower costs. The Internet has already changed the way we live, the way we learn, and the way we communicate with each other. It is also changing the nature of software and how we interact with it. We are moving from static applications purchased in boxes to living cyber platforms shared with thousands of users, adopted as needed and discarded if not valued.

SaaS changes our relationship with software by allowing us to focus on what it does for us rather than the infrastructure required to make it work. This change allows business to invest more in their people and the technology that allows them to differentiate themselves from their competition and less on non-strategic functions.

SaaS also changes our relationships with software providers by creating a mutually dependant environment in which the seller of the service is fully committed to the customer’s outcomes. No one expects a customer to continuously pay for a solution that is not providing value to their organizations. The Software as a Service model creates a vendor vested relationship from the very start and places the consumer in a very powerful position. If your organization would be best served by rapid access to state of the art technology delivered with minimal internal resource requirements, tremendous scalability and predictable costs over time, you should consider a SaaS based option for your physical security.

-John Szczygiel