Even though IT security is a dominant topic in the market, the relevant growth factors are not obvious. In many cases, the MSP portfolio for security consists of loose individual services that have little connection from the customer's point of view. The conviction to set an appropriate budget for averting risks is also not a matter of course among the customer target group of system houses. And thirdly, security services are complex and difficult for customers to understand. Against this background, system house coach Olaf Kaiser and his cooperation partner SOPHOS have undertaken a managed security research journey ("MSP Journey") to shed light on these questions and to disclose all results afterwards.