Bangkok--26 May--e-Cop
SINGAPORE-BASED e-Cop, which offers managed risk and information security services, plans to boost turnover 300 per cent over five years by grabbing a bigger slice of the US$4 billion managed security services (MSS) market in the Asia-Pacific region.
Executive director Sui Wee Chong said the company plans to venture into Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and the Middle East, and form partnerships with global vendors to provide an extensive suite of security and compliance services.
'Through such alliances, we aim to provide global services to customers who have extensive security and compliance requirements across multiple geographic regions,' Mr Sui said.
e-Cop, which offers services to identify and deal with threats and risks related to information security management, is a subsidiary of Certis Cisco. At present, it operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and India.
Its offerings include MSS, technology consulting services and professional security consulting services.
Mr Sui believes the importance of MSS will continue to grow rapidly as more businesses use it to resolve security issues.
In addition, outsourcing MSS is seen as a practical way for businesses to trim IT budgets and focus on core applications, without having to worry about constantly updating IT systems to protect them against evolving cyber threats.
'Regulatory compliance is one of the significant factors contributing to the growth in the MSS market,' he said.
'For 10 years, e-Cop has offered services that enable customers to secure their networks against sophisticated, targeted and organised cyber crime.'
The company's client base has grown to include major public sector organisations, banks, financial institutions, and industrial and manufacturing companies.
'We now have over 1,000 security sensors in Asia and more than 10 security operation centres in Asia and the Middle East,' said Mr Sui.
'We liken this to a tsunami early warning system. Our vision is to have the largest network of such sensors in the world.'