AUSTIN, Texas -- TippingPoint, a division of 3Com and the leader in intrusion prevention, today launched a managed security service (MSS) for the award-winning TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), enabling enterprises to cost-effectively outsource and centralize the 24x7 management and monitoring of global, multi-site IPS deployments for a complete view of the organization's security health. The new service, available worldwide today, is the culmination of an alliance with Counterpane, the leading managed security company that supports over 550 enterprise networks and monitors data collected from more than 150 countries.

Tom Dunbar, global IT chief security officer of XL Global Services and a joint Counterpane-TippingPoint customer, said, "We are extremely pleased with the superior support and security we received from using award-winning, best-of-breed technology from TippingPoint and global management and security expertise of Counterpane. The companies have worked together as an integrated team to provide us with quick response times and access to information."