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TRENDS cybersecurity investments to help their organisations thrive and further their business goals.”
“ We have seen the positive impacts of adopting a platformised approach to security, and the benefits it delivers to organisations. In today’ s AI-fuelled world, strong partnerships are more essential than ever,” said Karim Temsamani, President, Next Generation Security, Palo Alto Networks.
“ IBM and Palo Alto Networks are aligned on a common vision of creating better outcomes for our customers – whether in value, operational, or security … and platformisation accomplishes all of them. This isn’ t just about improving fragmentation today; it’ s about enabling better outcomes for the future.”
Key insights from surveyed business leaders:
• 52 % of executives say complexity is the biggest impediment to their cybersecurity operations.
• 80 % agree they face pressure to reduce the cost of security, and 41 % say security fragmentation has driven up procurement costs.
• Four out of five non-platform organisations say their security operations cannot effectively deal with the sheer quantity of threats and attacks.
• 80 % of platformisation adopters say they have full visibility into potential vulnerabilities and threats.
• For platformised organisations, mean time to identify( MTTI) and mean time to contain( MTTC) security incidents are shorter by an average of 72 and 84 days, respectively.
Enhancing businesses with platformisation: Unleashing the power of Digital Transformation
In today’ s world, the research finds effective security requires platformisation. Consolidating multiple tools into a unified platform not only bolsters security posture but enables organisations to experience nearly four times better return on investment( ROI) from their cybersecurity investments, leading to revenue generation and increased operational efficiencies.
When it comes to AI, a platform approach can also enable an organisation to better ingest and analyse data to deliver actionable insights. With 90 % of surveyed executives expecting to scale, optimise, or innovate with AI within the next two years, integrating AI into their platforms can play a critical role in advancing their security preparedness.
Tips for platformisation success
• Choose partners that streamline your security mission and trim those that don’ t. Critically evaluate current and potential technology, services, and support partners, and make hard decisions about where to double down and when to part ways.
• Run your playbook. Stage incident response drills to assess where a unified platform can deliver the greatest impact. Take action to improve your incident response capabilities.
• Help your business get prepared to respond to threats by putting it to the test. Visit a cyber range to prepare business and technical teams to address the latest cyberthreats through an immersive, organisation-wide business-focused engagement. IBM and Palo Alto Networks now provide a joint cyber range experience in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where clients can leverage the facility to support continuous improvement, training, and change management as they transform their security operating models with platformisation.
For example, accelerating adoption of agentic AI for security and tapping platformisation for fewer investment cycles; or, using platformisation to create the common governance needed to deliver the AI capabilities shaping the future.
By adopting a platformisation approach, businesses can align technologies, drive innovation, and prioritise security as a core business requirement.
Through IBM and Palo Alto Networks’ strategic partnership, the companies are bringing together leading security platforms, AI, and transformation capabilities to help organisations confidently navigate their Digital Transformation journey, achieve their desired outcomes and drive substantial business value.
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