▁typically ▁employ ▁an ▁IT ▁special ist ▁or ▁department , ▁organizations ▁at ▁a ▁smaller ▁scale ▁such ▁as ▁distributed ▁location ▁business es , ▁medical ▁or ▁dent al ▁offices , ▁att or ne ys , ▁professional ▁services ▁prov iders ▁or ▁ret ail ers ▁do ▁not ▁typically ▁employ ▁full - time ▁security ▁special ists , ▁although ▁they ▁frequently ▁employ ▁IT ▁staff ▁or ▁external ▁IT ▁consult ants . ▁Of ▁these ▁organizations , ▁many ▁are ▁const rained ▁by ▁budget ▁limitations . ▁To ▁address ▁the ▁combined ▁issues ▁of ▁lack ▁of ▁expert ise , ▁lack ▁of ▁time ▁and ▁limited ▁financial ▁resources , ▁an ▁emer ging ▁category ▁of ▁managed ▁security ▁service ▁provider ▁for ▁the ▁S MB ▁has ▁ar isen . ▁ ▁The ▁organizations ▁across ▁se ctors ▁are ▁now ▁sh ifting ▁to ▁Man aged ▁Security ▁services ▁from ▁the ▁traditional ▁in - house ▁IT ▁security ▁practices . ▁A ▁tr end ▁of ▁out s our cing ▁the ▁IT ▁security ▁jobs ▁to ▁the ▁Man aged ▁Security ▁Services ▁vend ors ▁is ▁pick ing ▁up ▁at ▁an ▁appreci able ▁pace . ▁This ▁also ▁helps ▁the ▁enter pr ises ▁to ▁focus ▁more ▁on ▁their ▁core ▁business ▁activities ▁as ▁a ▁strateg ic ▁approach . ▁Effect ive ▁management , ▁cost - effect iveness ▁and ▁se am less ▁monitoring ▁are ▁the ▁major ▁drivers ▁fuel ing ▁the ▁demand ▁of ▁these ▁services . ▁Further , ▁with ▁the ▁increase ▁in ▁the ▁participation ▁of ▁leading ▁IT ▁companies ▁world wide , ▁the ▁end ▁user ▁enter pr ises ▁are ▁gain ing ▁confidence ▁in ▁out s our cing ▁the ▁IT ▁security . ▁ ▁Services ▁prov iders ▁in ▁this ▁category