Service providers have a clear opportunity to turn application security into a paid customer service. Instead of treating protection purely as a network cost, they can package it, price it and sell it to customers that need stronger protection for online applications.
Customers still need reliable networks, but they also need help protecting websites, portals, platforms and other internet-facing services. As attacks move beyond basic network disruption and target the application layer, service providers can use security as a way to deepen customer relationships and create recurring revenue.
DDoS protection has already become a managed service for many providers. Application security can follow the same path. Providers can use existing infrastructure, add new protection capabilities and offer customers different service levels based on risk, traffic profile and control requirements.
Application-layer attacks are harder to manage with traditional network defences alone. Encrypted traffic can also make threats more difficult to identify. This creates demand for protection that sits closer to the application, while still fitting into the service provider’s wider network architecture.
Corero is positioning its model around hybrid deployment. That means protection can run across provider points of presence and customer environments. The provider can manage central policy, while customers can have more direct control over their own application security where needed. This is important for larger customers that want resilience, redundancy and local control rather than a single cloud-based approach.
Corero Network Security plc (LON:CNS) is a global provider of automated business continuity and network security solutions.
