Whether you're launching an e-business or simply connecting to the Internet, you need a secure infrastructure. But what's the best strategy to protect your users, systems, and vital information assets? A firewall alone isn't enough to prevent unauthorized intrusions and network misuse. Additionally, security requires expert knowledge, active management, and continuous monitoring. And those are big challenges for any company. Fortunately, there's BellSouth Managed Security Services (MSS). A result of our partnership with the world's leading e-business security company - Internet Security Systems (ISS) - BellSouth MSS provides a complete suite of security solutions, including: Managed Firewall Managed VPN Intrusion Detection and Response Subscription-based Security Scanning Our flexible and modular security architecture enables you to tailor service to meet your needs. As your requirements change and grow, you can easily add more protection as needed.

Managed Firewall is available in a variety of configurations. to secure your Dedicated Internet Access or DSL connections. With this complete turnkey service for businesses large or small, we configure, install, monitor and maintain the firewall 24X7 to keep your Internet gateway secure.

Managed VPN Service provides a cost-effective way to extend communications to remote workers, remote sites and partners while ensuring the data being exchanged is carefully screened and safeguarded. Supporting large or small businesses, we provide the equipment, monitoring and management so you can focus on your core business initiatives.

Intrusion Detection and Response discreetly monitors network traffic to detect suspicious activity and stop attacks. Real-time monitoring of intrusion detection engines enables quick response to security violations and network misuse.

This scanning service provides regularly recurring remotely deployed scans of your Internet-accessible devices. Available on a weekly, monthly or quarterly basis, it includes reports on findings regarding vulnerabilities and recommendations for addressing them.

BellSouth MSS offers a best-of-breed package of seasoned security professionals, proven practices, state-of-the-art hardware, sophisticated software, and 24x7 support-all backed by comprehensive Service Level Agreements (SLAs) guaranteeing response times on change requests, monitoring, and more. Value is further enhanced by our Security Management System, which gives you near real-time access to your active security policy, security or event logs, online reports, and service requests.

Email us or contact your BellSouth representative to learn more about how BellSouth MSS helps you improve network security, reduce overall costs and stay focused on core business issues.