ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched new cyber security services based on its cutting-edge Security Operations Center (SOC) to protect its corporate and financial customers against cyberattacks.
The SOC-based services will reinforce the digital security by building a safety wall against a range of cyber security threats to customers’ data, digital assets, and infrastructure.
The PTCL’s cyber security services are the latest edition to its portfolio and is based on the industry’s highest performing “integrated” cyber security platform with a rich ecosystem.
The system enables consistent and reliable security across the extended digital attack surfaces including applications, code, ports, servers and websites, as well as unauthorised system access points.
To provide end-to-end protection, the PTCL is offering seamless interoperability, complete visibility, and granular control for hybrid deployments including hardware, software, and X-as-a-Service across networks, endpoints, and Clouds.
Commenting on the development, the Group Chief Information Officer (GCIO), PTCL and Ufone, Saad Muzaffar Waraich, said: “Cyber security is becoming a major strategic priority for organizations in the present-day and our corporate customers depend on our secure and robust services. PTCL Group continues to innovate and modernize its cyber security offerings to live up to their expectations. Our Security Operations Center (SOC) based cyber security services create an impregnable defensive wall around the digital infrastructure to ensure that our customers’ operations and services work seamlessly. We endeavor to stay ahead of the evolving threats and challenges in the cyber world.”
The PTCL developed the SOC to manage and monitor customer infrastructure and services in a managed services model. The platform safeguards their digital assets, data, services and products against cyber threats and also significantly helps reduce their spending on their cyber security infrastructure and its associated operational overheads.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2021