IT infrastructure services provider Kyndryl will use Cisco’s Security Cloud platform to help enterprise customers bolster their cyber resiliency. Cisco and Kyndryl have expanded their partnership to offer new services that are aimed at helping enterprise customers better detect and respond to cyber threats. Specifically, Kyndryl will be integrating its own cyber resiliency offering with Cisco’s overarching Security Cloud platform that includes security components such as Cisco’s Duo access control, extended detection and response features, and Multicloud Defense, which orchestrates security and policy across private and public clouds. Security Cloud operates as a layer on top of the infrastructure across a customer’s cloud services – including Azure, AWS, GCP and private data-center clouds – to protect core applications, Cisco said. It features a unified dashboard, support for flexible trust policies, and open APIs to encourage third-party integrators. By correlating data and employing artificial intelligence and machine learning, Cisco Security Cloud can detect and remediate threats quickly throughout an organization, Cisco says. “Cisco’s Security Cloud will let Kyndryl integrate multi-vendor solutions and provide a more cohesive and integrated solution. By increasing the integration, customers benefit from offerings that protect their organizations. In turn, this consolidates security vendors, centralizes technology and limits attack surfaces, while improving an organization’s ability to meet their cyber resilience needs,” said Kyndryl Michelle Weston, vice president of global offerings for security and resiliency. Cyber resilience allows Kyndryl’s customers to anticipate, protect, withstand and recover from adverse conditions, stresses, attacks and compromises of cyber-enabled business, Weston said. Kyndryl offers a Security and Resiliency service that includes a variety of services such as zero trust support, security operations and incident recovery services. “Kyndryl provides a suite of services and solutions that address customer needs – from anticipating an attack through recovering data in the event of a cyber incident or otherwise, like a natural disaster,” Weston said. “Kyndryl is using our cyber resilience framework to provide customers with innovative and flexible offerings that break away from traditional, outdated security models.” Last year, Cisco and Kyndryl announced their first alliance, which focused on helping enterprise customers implement a range of connectivity technologies including software defined networking (SDN), WAN, and private 5G. Kyndryl offers network consulting, fully managed networks, and SDN services to help enterprises build programmable network fabrics that include SD-WAN, data center, branch, and LAN technologies. The relationship continues a technology partnership between Cisco and IBM’s former managed infrastructure services unit, which spun out of IBM in 2021. Related content news IBM, Palo Alto marry to focus on AI-based security technology The expanded partnership includes the sale of IBM’s QRadar security intelligence platform to Palo Alto Networks. By Michael Cooney May 15, 2024 4 mins Communications Security Network Security news ZutaCore launches liquid cooling for advanced Nvidia chips The HyperCool direct-to-chip system from ZutaCore is designed to cool up to 120kW of rack power without requiring a facilities modification. By Andy Patrizio May 15, 2024 3 mins Servers Data Center news 2024 global network outage report and internet health check ThousandEyes tracks internet and cloud traffic and provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers. By Ann Bednarz May 15, 2024 45 mins Internet Service Providers Network Management Software Cloud Computing news Network jobs watch: Hiring, skills and certification trends What IT leaders need to know about expanding responsibilities, new titles and hot skills for network professionals and I&O teams. By Denise Dubie May 15, 2024 8 mins Careers Data Center Networking PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe