Dell Leverages AI to Enhance Cybersecurity Solutions and Prepare for Future Threats

How dell uses AI to enhance cybersecurity solutions - SiliconANGLE

From phishing attacks to ransomware, organizations face ever-evolving threats that require adaptive cybersecurity solutions to defend against increasingly sophisticated adversaries, such as organized crime and nation-states. These challenges demand adaptive solutions that span cloud, on-premises and edge environments. Dell Technologies Inc. and its partners are working to provide businesses with the tools they need to stay resilient across diverse environments, offering flexible and integrated security services. "We are definitely executing on our strategy," said Arun Krishnamoorthy (pictured), senior director of cybersecurity product management at Dell Technologies. "There are two key pillars to our kind of program. One way we want to make sure that customers have a consistent cyber resiliency experience regardless of whether they have workloads in the data center, edge or cloud. And the second position is obviously we wanted to really grow ourselves as a market leader." Krishnamoorthy spoke with theCUBE Research's Dave Vellante as part of a CUBE Conversation at the Dell "Partnerships for Smarter Security" event during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media's livestreaming studio. They discussed how Dell integrates artificial intelligence into its cybersecurity services to enhance organizations' detection and response capabilities across varied environments. (* Disclosure below.) One key challenge for modern enterprises is managing detection and response efforts across a fragmented technology landscape, according to Krishnamoorthy. Companies often find they're using multiple security vendors, which leads to a complex ecosystem that can be difficult to manage. The industry is now moving toward a model that blends best-of-breed cybersecurity solutions with comprehensive, integrated suites of tools to streamline security operations. "What Dell can do is the ecosystem that we have put together," Krishnamoorthy said. "We have about 10-ish vendors in our tool bag. And with those vendors, we can give customers not only the best of breed but also [the] best of suite -- kind of a nice middle ground on achieving both objectives." Detection and response efforts must span across multiple layers of infrastructure, from edge computing to data centers and cloud environments, according to Krishnamoorthy. This effort requires a unified approach that ensures complete visibility into all assets, enabling quicker identification and reaction to threats. Organizations increasingly prioritize solutions that allow them to maintain vigilance over their digital environments, ensuring the rapid detection of anomalies and swift incident response. "When you look at the whole lifecycle of cybersecurity -- the preventative part, policies [and] controls -- then you get into detection response, which is continuously having 100% visibility on all assets, Krishnamoorthy said. "And then you have incident response in terms of recovery, and then ultimately, your data protection recovery. Dell has technologies and services across that entire portfolio, but more importantly, detection response is super critical." The concept of cybersecurity as a team sport is gaining traction in the industry as organizations recognize that no single vendor can solve the entire problem of defending against cyberattacks, according to Krishnamoorthy. Collaboration between technology providers and service partners is essential to building a resilient defense system that spans the whole cybersecurity lifecycle. "Not one vendor can solve this problem," Krishnamoorthy said. "If we had solved this problem, we would not be hearing about cyberattacks, but that's not the case; there's great technology out there. Security is a team sport ... and [managed security service providers] like Dell can bring that story together for them." This philosophy of partnership and teamwork is reflected in Dell's integration with other leading vendors, allowing the company to offer more than just technological services, according to Krishnamoorthy. Dell's cybersecurity services include everything from early-stage detection and monitoring to incident response and data recovery to helping provide comprehensive protection. AI has had a profound impact on how cybersecurity solutions manage threats, according to Krishnamoorthy. AI offers significant potential not only in identifying and mitigating threats, but also in predicting attacks before they occur. As adversaries become more sophisticated, AI is poised to play an increasingly central role in threat detection and response. "We kind of put AI in three buckets," Krishnamoorthy said. "The first one is 'How do we protect the use of AI?' ... The second one is 'How do we protect against AI?' [and] the third area is 'How do we protect with AI?'" Dell's approach involves integrating AI into its cybersecurity solutions and collaborating with partners to offer innovative tools that stay ahead of emerging threats. Organizations can automate parts of the detection process using AI-driven analytical tools, enabling faster, more efficient responses to new and evolving cyberattacks. "There's a lot going on in the AI space," Krishnamoorthy said. "We are still learning, but we are learning together, and we are being proactive." Here's the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE's and theCUBE Research's coverage of the Dell "Partnerships for Smarter Security" event:

Dell's encryption capabilities are made for a future of AI - SiliconANGLE

Dell secures its customers for a future of AI and quantum computing Each new technological advance spurs new cyberattacks and requires security teams to evolve their current encryption capabilities. At Dell Technologies Inc., cybersecurity experts have developed a framework that follows three simple steps: reduce the attack service, detect and respond and recover from the attack. This three-pronged methodology is aimed at making Dell's users feel secure against attacks in the years to come. "Customers absolutely love the framework," said Adam Miller (pictured, left), product marketing team lead at Dell. "And I think why is because we started putting things in the terms that they need. So, they're interested in reducing their attack surface and trying to stop as much as they can before it gets in. They're interested in doing better detections and being able to see what comes in and then responding when it does. If they have to recover, of course, they need a plan in place. So, when they hear us come to them with this type of message, it's very credible. It's exactly the things that they're looking for." Miller and Steve Kenniston (pictured, right), senior cybersecurity lead, portfolio marketing, at Dell, spoke with theCUBE Research's Dave Vellante as part of the "Partnerships for Smarter Security" 2024 event, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media's livestreaming studio. They discussed Dell's cybersecurity strategy and how the company is preparing its encryption capabilities for new technologies such as quantum computing. (* Disclosure below.) Even though Dell presents its cybersecurity framework in three parts, Kenniston emphasizes that it is a single solution. As the company forges new partnerships, all of those new services are incorporated into Dell's security infrastructure. "What I try to educate our customers on is: Don't look at those as trying to buy products from a single thing to solve a particular leg of this tool," he said. "I'm looking at a single solution that can solve all those challenges ... when you purchase a single solution for something you're trying to accomplish, maybe a new workload, or do something like that, you can get those capabilities without adding multiple layers of different security solutions on top of that." An example of how Dell smoothes out the new seams formed by incorporating different vendors and partners is that users only need one password for all of the company's services. Part of Dell's cybersecurity strategy is making sure its network is on the same page, Miller emphasizes. "When we're onboarding software partners like we've been talking about here, what that means is that we go deeply into the engagements with our partners," he said. "This is not simply reselling a software that our customers already have on a different [Statement of Work], but this is working very closely with them at the technology level, at the engineering level to start building the things that we need." When innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing come on the scene, they create seams or gaps that can be exploited by bad actors. Post-quantum cryptography has become an area of interest for Dell, Kenniston suggests. "There's a lot of things that are going on in this particular space, and that's what brought up my interest in this and our curiosity in this," he said. "And trying to, again, stay ahead of the customer so we can ensure they're safe and secure as well. And for the most part, so far what I've understood is the encryption capabilities are going to be broken more easily by quantum solutions than [what] we have today." Viable quantum architecture could exist by the end of the decade, Vellante predicts, and AI will obviously continue to advance. Dell is designing its cybersecurity infrastructure and encryption capabilities to solve problems related to new technology before they arise. "We've kind of transformed our message to the attack surface reduction, the ability to detect and respond to threats that we know are going to come through," Kenniston said. "If we can continue to model that model around our capabilities, our solutions, and ensure that our customers are fulfilling each one of their needs in each one of those buckets, hopefully by consolidating solutions and making sure our solutions do all those things, and again, staying ahead of the customer." Here's the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE's and theCUBE Research's coverage of the Dell "Partnerships for Smarter Security" event: