Kyndryl's end-to-end SASE services will help customers
drive adoption of Palo Alto Networks' cloud-first,
zero-trust solution for network
security
NEW
YORK, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kyndryl
(NYSE: KD), the world's largest IT infrastructure services
provider, today announced the launch of end-to-end, secure access
service edge (SASE) services, combined with Palo Alto Networks
Prisma SASE powered by Precision AI, enabling customers to enhance
network security by adopting a cloud-first, zero-trust network
security solution.
Kyndryl's new SASE services support Palo Alto Networks Prisma
SASE, which integrates network and security into a unified
cloud-delivered service. Prisma SASE provides organizations with
granular control over user authentication and authorization,
enabling secure access to business applications, as well as edge
and IoT technologies.
According to survey findings from the Kyndryl Readiness Report,
94% of business leaders identify technology modernization as a high
priority, yet only 39% of businesses report their IT infrastructure
is prepared to manage future risks. As today's hybrid workforce
relies on accessing numerous business applications across various
devices from anywhere, enterprises face a complex and highly
distributed IT environment that is increasingly difficult to
secure.
"To mitigate operational risk, business leaders need to
prioritize upgrading IT infrastructure and enhancing cybersecurity
measures, as research shows that nearly half of the world's
mission-critical business technology is out-of-date or nearing
end-of-life," said Paul Savill,
Global Practice Leader of Network and Edge Computing at Kyndryl.
"As AI becomes a key focus for many organizations, our new SASE
services for Palo Alto Networks' AI-powered Prisma SASE solution,
will enable businesses to transform securely by adopting a true
zero-trust approach to protect against cyber threats in
real-time."
As a part of its own network modernization transformation since
becoming an independent company, Kyndryl has shifted from an
on-premises network architecture with 54 data centers to
cloud-first, SASE-based, zero-trust security principles using
select services from its technology partners, including Prisma
SASE from Palo Alto Networks. The simplified security posture
currently supports Kyndryl's global hybrid workforce, enabling
employees to securely access business-critical applications across
any devices, and has resulted in lower IT operational spend.
Leveraging the same expertise used in its own successful
migrations, Kyndryl's experts, accredited with network security
certifications from Palo Alto Networks, are fully equipped to help
customers in migrating from their on-prem environments to a
flexible and scalable SASE solution that can offer best-in-class
security, while ensuring an exceptional user experience for IT
teams and end users.
"Implementing a SASE approach is one of the biggest network and
security initiatives for an organization to take on, requiring
significant transformation," said Kristy
Friedrichs, Chief Partnerships Officer, Palo Alto Networks.
"These organizations need a solution that helps them scale at the
speed of their business, especially with a hybrid workforce and an
ever-expanding threat landscape. We're offering our joint customers
exactly what they need to help them transform by combining Prisma
SASE, the industry's most complete AI-powered SASE solution, with
Kyndryl's new SASE services."
The end-to-end SASE services by Kyndryl include:
- Kyndryl Consult Advisory Services – Kyndryl can
conduct end-to-end network maturity (including network and security
operations centers) and network security health assessment of the
customer's current networking environment, followed by
recommendation of the best SASE and zero-trust approach based on
the customer's business objectives and priorities.
- Kyndryl Design & Implementation Services –
Kyndryl leverages a collaborative approach to build and discuss
requirements for the customer's network modernization requirements,
including transition from Security Service Edge (SSE) or SD-WAN
services to Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE. This is followed by a
comprehensive design and deployment of the customer's Prisma SASE
environment, which includes testing, configuring, migration of
existing users and services, and training for self-managed
services.
- Kyndryl Managed SASE Services – Kyndryl offers
end-to-end, 24/7 management of the customer's platform with Prisma
SASE deployed, including performing upgrades and health checks,
continual optimization work, and integration with existing security
operations center (SOC) and network operations center (NOC)
platforms.
- Integration with Kyndryl Bridge – Kyndryl's SD-WAN
services are integrated with Kyndryl Bridge, the AI-powered,
open-integration digital business platform that enables customers
to observe, integrate, and orchestrate their entire technology
environment and hybrid IT connectivity. Kyndryl is also integrating
its new SASE services onto Kyndryl Bridge to further enhance the
platform's capabilities.
Kyndryl's new SASE services expand on its alliance partnership
with Palo Alto Networks that already offers customers Prisma Access
(SSE), next-generation firewall (NGFW), private 5G and OT security,
as well as Security Operations as a platform (SOaaP), with Palo
Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR technology.
Visit Kyndryl to learn more information about Kyndryl's
SASE Services, and Palo Alto Networks to learn more about
Prisma SASE.
About Kyndryl
Kyndryl (NYSE: KD) is the world's largest IT infrastructure
services provider, serving thousands of enterprise customers in
more than 60 countries. The company designs, builds, manages and
modernizes the complex, mission-critical information systems that
the world depends on every day. For more information,
visit www.kyndryl.com.
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