OREANDA-NEWS. September 04, 2012.   BT today announced the launch of BT Assure Secure Web and BT Assure Managed Firewall services in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, to help regional customers build more sustainable businesses with added security and resilience in their IT processes.

 Assure Secure Web provides secure and controlled access to the Internet, enabling secure web communications and helping enforce corporate security policy, in addition to improving user experience.

 Assure Secure Web is a fully managed service, freeing up the client from investments in in-house expertise. The service is primarily designed for multi-site entities and is applicable to all industry sectors.

 Assure Managed Firewall protects the perimeter of a private network at the point it meets the Internet, and enforces security policy by allowing tightly controlled access from the Internet, according to customer needs. It is a highly scalable service, which can meet the needs of different sizes of organisation – from those using simple Internet links, through to large-scale WAN infrastructures. It supports regulatory compliance, providing centralised policy management and reporting, as well as directly support standards, such as the Payment Card Industry.

 Both new services are part of the BT Assure portfolio, a world class set of capabilities which captures expertise from right across BT and its technology partners, and is designed around four main goals: anticipate the evolving threat landscape, control cost in security; improve operating efficiencies, and support audit and compliance activities.

 Ashish Gupta President, Portfolio & Service Design in BT Global Services, said: “Businesses from all around the world are investing and expanding in Latin America. BT is also investing in the region to better help those companies, as well local national businesses and government bodies, to roll out their growth initiatives. In order to grow in a sustainable way in today’s economy, customers need to be able to rely on a highly secure infrastructure. By promoting intelligence and innovation through our BT Assure portfolio, we help our customers to identify, implement and deliver security where it matters most, building it into the heart of the organisation. BT has one of the largest dedicated security and business continuity practices in the world, with more than 1,300 practitioners serving clients globally. We put our extensive knowledge at the service of our clients in Latin America, delivering in the region the high quality security services we provide in other key business centres around the world.”