SAVVIS Security Utility leverages in-network firewalling, DDoS and worm attack mitigation for a wide area network.

SAVVIS, Inc., an IT utility services provider, today announced a new portfolio of managed security utility services, which it calls the SAVVIS Security Utility.

SAVVIS says that the utility is a flexible and scalable managed security offering that does not require hardware or software to be installed or managed at the customer's premise.

It leverages both 'In The Cloud' security components, such as in-network firewalling, distributed denial of service (DDoS) and worm attack mitigation for a wide area network, as well as virtualized security components such as hosted firewalls and intrusion detection systems. All services are managed by SAVVIS and can be monitored by customers via SAVVIS' web portal which allows users to monitor activity in their environment directly and conveniently.

Chris Richter, Vice President & General Manager, Security Products and Services says, "The challenge has been how to deliver multi-layered security across all IT systems without building out a complex hardware infrastructure of security devices. SAVVIS' Security Utility solves that problem by allowing businesses to easily layer on virtualized security services that deliver on value and performance, while maintaining security best practices, and compliance."