Outsourcing Trends: Vendors Offer Efficiencies to Employers, Opportunities to Pros. But with great opportunity in these challenging times comes a greater need to prove business value. Services most in demand today range from core security managed services to audit and compliance configuration and monitoring. As a result of increased regulatory scrutiny within financial institutions and government, service providers are forced to beef up their disciplines, employee skill set and services. As companies look to cut costs through outsourcing, they will need to ensure that they are managing the additional operational and information risks that come with expanding their vendor ecosystem.”]