Security as a Service Cures IT Security Headaches

F-Secure Protection Service for Business provides cost-effective IT security for small and medium-sized businesses, delivered by dedicated experts and world class technology.

Helsinki, Finland – April 16, 2009: As demonstrated by the recent outbreak of the Conficker/Downadup worm, businesses and organizations remain highly vulnerable to the constantly evolving online security threats. Maintaining a high level of IT security is, however, a challenge for many small and medium-sized companies which lack the time and resources to deal with the online threats.

F-Secure Corporation is today launching a new version of its Protection Service for Business (PSB) – a comprehensive Security as a Service solution specially designed for the needs of small and medium-sized companies.

Juha Ollila, VP Corporate Business at F-Secure Corporation says: “For a smaller company the Protection Service for Business subscription-based solution is like having a specialist security workforce armed with the latest technology – at a fraction of the cost of hiring IT staff and buying the technology. By leaving the security headaches to the professionals, F-Secure certified local IT partners, companies can fully focus on their real priorities.”

Hanna Auvinen, Managing Director of RTA-Metalli Oy, a Finnish manufacturer of steel parts for paper machines, says: “F-Secure Protection Service for Business was a natural choice for us, because good IT security, automatic updates, spam filtering and firewall with outsourced management of the solution are important to us. The installation of PSB didn’t require us to do anything as our partner, an F-Secure reseller, did it all for us without any need for customization. The service brings us clear cost savings on our IT security.”

F-Secure is an industry leader in Security as a Service, helping its partners offer IT security solutions to their customers.  With F-Secure Protection Service for Business 4.0 we show our commitment to making business easier for resellers by taking Security as a Service to the next level. Thanks to the new subscription management functionality in the PSB portal, resellers can order new security licenses for their customers quickly and easily, allowing them to serve their customers even better than before. 

PSB 4.0 provides a faster than ever response to emerging new threats, requires less user involvement, and delivers significant performance improvements. It is powerful, automatic and always up-to-date. The solution protects business desktops, laptops, file servers and e-mail servers. Its easy-to-use web-based management portal is available anywhere from the Internet.  

PSB 4.0 includes lightning-fast “in-the-cloud” technology to protect desktops and laptops. It also provides comprehensive protection for servers, including unique rootkit detection. As a new component, this release introduces high quality e-mail protection and spam control.

PSB is available as Security as a Service (PSB Advanced) for customers who want to buy a service instead of technology or software, or as a license-like solution (PSB Standard).
F-Secure’s products are trusted by millions of users worldwide and we are a pioneer in delivering Security as a Service to businesses.

Press materials on PSB 4.0 available here.

About F-Secure Corporation
Innovation, reliability and speed of response - these are the qualities that have made F-Secure one of the world’s leading IT security providers since the company was founded in 1988. Today F-Secure’s award-winning and easy-to-use products are trusted in millions of homes and businesses around the world. We provide powerful real-time protection that works quietly and smoothly in the background, so computer and smartphone users can enjoy the benefits of connected life to the full. F-Secure’s solutions are available as a service subscription through more than 180 Internet service providers and mobile operator partners around the world, making F-Secure the global leader in this market. F-Secure has been listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd since 1999. The company has consistently been one of the fastest growing publicly listed companies in the industry. The latest news on real-time virus threat scenarios is available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/.

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