ISS executives see a double opportunity in the Michigan security company.
First, as CEO Tom Noonan first told PC Week earlier this month , most telecommunication companies and Internet service providers are looking for help in their security outsourcing businesses. Second, finding consultants who are trained with security software and hardware is becoming increasingly difficult. By buying Netrex, ISS is picking up more than 150 trained consultants. It is one of the first companies in the country to offer outsourced Internet security services. Since January 1995, Netrex has been running a managed firewall service based upon Check Point Software Technology Ltd.'s flagship Firewall-1.