& T , ▁Ver izon , ▁Del o itte , ▁W ip ro ▁and ▁others ▁as ▁the ▁leaders ▁in ▁the ▁M SS P ▁market . ▁New com ers ▁to ▁the ▁market ▁include ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁smaller ▁prov iders ▁used ▁to ▁protect ▁homes , ▁small ▁business , ▁and ▁high ▁net worth ▁clients . ▁ ▁Early ▁History ▁of ▁Man aged ▁Security ▁Services ▁An ▁early ▁example ▁of ▁an ▁out s our ced ▁and ▁off - site ▁M SS P ▁service ▁is ▁US ▁West ▁! N TER ACT ▁Internet ▁Security . ▁The ▁security ▁service ▁didn ' t ▁require ▁the ▁customer ▁to ▁purchase ▁any ▁equipment ▁and ▁no ▁security ▁equipment ▁was ▁installed ▁at ▁the ▁customers ▁prem ises . ▁The ▁service ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁M SS P ▁offering ▁in ▁that ▁US ▁West ▁retained ▁ownership ▁of ▁the ▁firewall ▁equipment ▁and ▁the ▁fire w alls ▁were ▁operated ▁from ▁their ▁own ▁Internet ▁Point ▁of ▁Pres ence ▁( Po P ) ▁The ▁service ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁Check ▁Point ▁Fire wall - 1 ▁equipment . ▁Following ▁over ▁a ▁year ▁long ▁beta ▁introduction ▁period , ▁the ▁service ▁was ▁generally ▁available ▁by ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁The ▁service ▁also ▁offered ▁managed ▁Virtual ▁Private ▁Network ing ▁( V PN ) ▁encryption ▁security ▁at ▁launch . ▁ ▁Indust ry ▁terms ▁As set : ▁A ▁resource ▁valuable ▁to ▁a ▁company ▁worthy ▁of ▁protection . ▁Inc ident : ▁An ▁ass essed ▁occurrence ▁that ▁actually ▁or ▁potentially ▁je op ard izes ▁the ▁confident ial ity , ▁integrity , ▁or ▁avail ability ▁of ▁an ▁asset . ▁Alert : ▁Ident ified