Managed Security Service

Definitions

1. A contracted security offering in which a provider runs specific defensive functions such as log monitoring, firewall management, endpoint oversight, or alert handling for a customer. Managed security services vary widely in depth, from basic monitoring to active response and engineering support.

   In plain English: A paid service where an external company runs part of an organization's security operations.

   Example: "The managed security service watched the perimeter devices, but cloud identity alerts were still the customer's responsibility."

Related Terms

• Extended Detection and Response
• Incident Triage
• Intrusion Detection System
• Log Correlation
• Cyber Operations
• Detection Engineering
• Managed Detection and Response
• Managed Security