“On-premise QRadar purchasers who want to stay on QRadar on-prem will proceed to obtain IBM options and help together with safety, usability, and demanding bug fixes, in addition to updates to present connectors and the flexibility to broaden consumption,” IBM said.
“For each QRadar SaaS and on-prem purchasers who selected emigrate to Cortex XSIAM, the businesses, together with their ecosystem of enterprise companions, will carefully collaborate to allow a easy switch, with IBM and Palo Alto Networks providing no-cost migration companies to certified prospects,” IBM said.
The partnership additionally contains the next options:
- IBM Consulting will turn into a most popular Managed Safety Companies Supplier (MSSP) for Palo Alto prospects.
- A joint Safety Operations Middle will function a managed SOC, and the businesses may also set up a joint Cyber Vary.
- IBM will broaden its relationship with Palo Alto Prisma Cloud. Prisma Cloud will broaden its present integrations with present and future IBM DevOps choices, together with cloud-native safety constructed for Crimson Hat OpenShift and Ansible.
- IBM may also prepare greater than 1,000 of its safety consultants on the migration, adoption, and deployment of Palo Alto merchandise.
“Superior menace safety and automation, underpinned by Cortex XSIAM and watsonx, and paired with IBM Consulting, will velocity shopper and accomplice adoption of next-generation safety operations,” Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO, IBM mentioned in a statement. “We’ll ship these capabilities with Palo Alto Networks, and speed up our safety investments and innovation in areas like information safety and id and entry administration. These are vital choices that our purchasers want when defending their information, hybrid cloud environments, AI fashions, and functions.”
IBM and Palo Alto have had a strategic partnership for cybersecurity developments for a number of years. For instance, the businesses collectively supply safety choices via IBM Consulting Cybersecurity Services, integrating Palo Alto Networks safety applied sciences. The partnership will concentrate on serving to firms modernize their safety operations and safe cloud transformations.