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Wipro Limited, a pioneering technology services and consulting company, announced a partnership with Netskope, a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) pioneer, to provide global enterprises with an integrated service that optimises and improves cybersecurity outcomes for people, processes, and technology investments. Wipro’s CyberTransformSM Optimisation Service, powered by Netskope, analyses organisations’ current cybersecurity and infrastructure investments, provides consolidation guidelines, and delivers cost-optimised methods resulting in improved business performance. Challenges of managing application “Many organisations today face the challenge of managing application sprawl with distributed technologies in their cybersecurity operations,” said Saugat Sindhu, Global Head, Advisory Services, Cybersecurity and Risk Services, Wipro Limited. “Through this partnership with Netskope, we will be able to deliver tailored SASE business cases and comprehensive financial analyses, enabling our clients to optimise their cybersecurity spend and achieve superior performance outcomes. This collaboration underscores our commitment to driving innovation and value for our enterprise clients.” Network and security transformation scenarios Wipro’s CyberTransformSM Optimisation Service, powered by Netskope, leverages Wipro’s proprietary Automated Regulatory Compliance (ArC), a content service that monitors industry-specific national and international regulatory amendments, and Netskope’s Valueskope platform, a SaaS-based offering providing detailed financial analyses and tailored business cases. “Wipro CyberTransformSM Optimisation Service, powered by Netskope, provides clients with a comprehensive view of SASE economic and productivity benefits for different network and security transformation scenarios, enabling them to make faster and better decisions to reach desired business outcomes,” said David Klippel, VP of Business Value Services, Netskope. “Netskope is pleased to extend its partnership with Wipro to enhance their Advisory and consulting service in optimising cybersecurity and infrastructure cost and performance against strategic business outcomes.”

Cohesity, a pioneer in AI-powered data security and management announced it is expanding its Data Security Alliance ecosystem with six pioneering Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) vendors, including long-standing partner BigID, as well as Cyera, Dig Security, Normalyze, Sentra, and Securiti. Challenges with cloud Cloud adoption continues to increase, but copies of data are often shared between clouds without oversight by IT or security, resulting in the growth of shadow data. Because of this, data security, cyber recovery, and compliance are at risk, as evidenced by 82% of breaches involving data stored in the cloud.  Need for DSPM capabilities DSPM gives customers a deep understanding of where their sensitive data is, who has access to it The need for DSPM capabilities, coupled with modern data security and management services, has never been greater. DSPM gives customers a deep understanding of where their sensitive data is, who has access to it, how it is being used, and where it is stored. When combined with Cohesity’s modern data security and management technology, customers are building a strong cyber resilience posture.  Flexibility  With these partnerships, Cohesity expects to integrate with the broadest and most comprehensive selection of DSPM solutions in the industry. Collectively, this newly formed group represents the majority of the DSPM market, providing Cohesity customers with the flexibility to choose the solution that best fits their needs.  Data visibility challenge Organisations face a significant challenge when it comes to the visibility of critical data across a growing multitude of repositories. Accelerating cloud adoption, compounded by an explosion of microservices, and a high rate of change (driven by modern DevOps practices) put customers at risk of significant data sprawl. Addressing visibility gaps Joint customers maintain visibility and help assure all their stakeholders that their sensitive data is protected Due to these visibility gaps, critical and sensitive data becomes hidden from IT teams and oftentimes goes unprotected. Cohesity is working to solve this issue by partnering with the pioneering DSPM vendors and members of the Cohesity Data Security Alliance. With this unique collaboration, joint customers maintain visibility and help assure all their stakeholders, including employees, customers, and shareholders that their sensitive data is protected. Sensitive data assessment Cohesity’s pioneering data security and management technology, coupled with the benefits of DSPM, will deliver instant discovery of all data workloads, both sanctioned and unsanctioned, while also providing assessments of which data workloads have sensitive data that are often targeted by bad actors. These capabilities enable enterprises to be even more proactive in the fight against cyberattacks and provide the following cyber resilience benefits: Backup admins can easily see which objects have sensitive data. IT and security can instantly identify protection gaps for critical workloads. Actionable Cyber Recovery risk reports go directly to compliance teams. Identify and protect data As organisations rapidly expand their hybrid cloud footprint, their data risk and exposure increase in lockstep" “As organisations rapidly expand their hybrid cloud footprint, their data risk and exposure increase in lockstep,” said Elad Horn, group vice president, of Product, Cohesity. “We look forward to continuing our partnership with pioneering DSPM vendors to help our joint customers rapidly identify and protect their most sensitive and business-critical data across both public cloud and private cloud environments.”  Cyber attack and ransomware protection “Cohesity is helping some of the largest enterprises in the world protect their data against ransomware and cyber threats in hybrid cloud environments,“ said Amer Deeba, CEO and Co-founder of Normalyze. “Now with the integration with Normalyze DSPM platform, customers get full visibility into their data across all clouds, SaaS, and on-prem." "The joint solution gives security teams unprecedented visibility into their sensitive data locations and types; identifies and prioritises risks based on the highest monetary impact to the organisation in case of a data breach, and proactively protects the data from ransomware and cyber attacks.”  DSPM solutions “Cohesity’s Data Security Alliance ecosystem offers customers the opportunity to implement security on their terms, making it easy to integrate with vendors in adjacent technology spaces,” said Jennifer Glenn, research director for the IDC Security and Trust Group. “The expansion of the program to include DSPM solutions such as BigID and Normalyze, as well as other pending integrations, gives customers more insight and visibility into their data and more confidence that it will be protected appropriately.”  Data Security Alliance Cohesity’s Data Security Alliance offers a unique and comprehensive approach to security The Cohesity Data Security Alliance was founded in November 2022 and contains 15 members including BigID, Cisco, CyberArk, Mandiant, Netskope, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, PwC UK, Qualys, Securonix, ServiceNow, Splunk, TCS, Zscaler. The addition of the six DSPM security vendors brings the total membership to 21. Cohesity’s Data Security Alliance offers a unique and comprehensive approach to security.  Security and data management Through this one-of-a-kind alliance, pioneering cyber security, data security and management, and services vendors partner to seamlessly bridge enterprise IT and security by sharing context and enabling new workflows. This collaboration can help customers detect threats and respond to attacks faster, improve remediation, and advance cyber resilience, all while utilising their existing security and data management investments. Remediate data risks “It’s more important than ever for organisations of all sizes to proactively identify and remediate risk across their entire data landscape – including dark data, shadow data, and critical data,” said Tyler Young, CISO at BigID. BigID’s market-pioneering DSPM capabilities enable companies to accelerate their security strategies" “BigID’s market-leading DSPM capabilities enable companies to accelerate their security strategies and improve their security posture with differentiated actionability, risk remediation, and unmatched data discovery and classification built for the enterprise. Our partnership with Cohesity is a natural fit to extend DSPM capabilities to help customers better manage, reduce, and remediate risk.” Availability The integration with Normalyze, Cohesity’s initial design partner, is expected to be available within 30 days. The company’s partnership with BigID on enterprise-grade, AI-powered data classification grows through this new integration with SmallID (BigID’s DSPM product) and is expected to be available in 60 days. Additional DSPM partner integrations will be available in the coming months.

The XDR Alliance™ announced the release of a new set of open-source API specifications that help pioneering cybersecurity vendors collaborate and more easily integrate their advanced technology solutions. As a result, end-user customer organisations worldwide can rationalise their disparate and previously siloed cybersecurity solutions, enabling them to more easily operationalise broader coverage for threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) use cases. Customers can extract more value from their existing technology tools and avoid proprietary approaches from portfolio vendors.  On average, organisations have more than 31 security tools deployed. In order for security teams to work efficiently, it’s critical that these tools integrate seamlessly within organisational workflows. Open-source APIs facilitate communication between the solutions required for the most extensive and dependable security coverage. Author's quote Despite the hype, there is no single technology company on the market that can do it all" “Despite the hype, there is no single technology company on the market that can do it all. Robust security coverage requires integration and collaboration among the best of the best cyber solutions, easily working together without obstacles,” said Gorka Sadowski, Founder, XDR Alliance and Chief Strategy Officer, Exabeam. He adds, “We hear customers loud and clear. They want to minimise vendors yet avoid vendor lock-in, and want best-of-breed without paying an integration tax. We have solved this conundrum and it’s at the core of our API announcement today.”  XDR Alliance’s open-source CIM The new open-source API specifications are a follow-up to the XDR Alliance’s open-source Common Information Model (CIM), which provides the broader cybersecurity community with a common foundation for understanding, normalising, getting deeper visibility into, and enriching data across technologies.  The APIs have been developed in collaboration with member organisations earning domain expertise across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, email security, security analytics, security log management, SIEM, and more to provide the most in-depth security coverage for organisations.  XDR Alliance member quotes Armis  Collaborating more effectively to support end-user integration is essential to furthering" “It's critical that enterprises and governments globally prioritise cybersecurity, implementing robust and resilient programs that address the new extended attack surface that managed and unmanaged connected assets create,” said Nadir Izrael, CTO and Co-Founder, Armis. He adds, “We're proud to participate in the XDR Alliance to offer our expertise here, joining forces with our peers that bring unique insight in their respective areas. Collaborating more effectively to support end-user integration is essential to furthering the cybersecurity industry and protecting society from the malicious attacks of cybercriminals.” Banyax  “The Banyax mission is to provide world-class cybersecurity TDIR services for every organisation in our geography. To do so, it’s critical for us to help our customers easily integrate all their tools,” said Carlos Alanis, CEO and Co-Founder at Banyax. He adds, “We have already adopted these APIs to improve the operationalisation of our services across our customer base and have seen the benefits firsthand.”  Exabeam  Exabeam is grateful for the collaboration of all XDR Alliance members in their support of this initiative" “As a pioneering SIEM and behavioural analytics platform provider, Exabeam connects the dots between all the disparate technologies deployed in organisations and integrates them to power TDIR use cases and outcomes for the simplest to the most demanding environments,” said Seth Spiel, Head of Product Application Platform, Exabeam. He adds, “These open-source API specifications enable easier, tighter, and more complete tool rationalisation, and Exabeam is grateful for the collaboration of all XDR Alliance members in their support of this initiative.” ExtraHop  “In cybersecurity, the network is a key source of truth, shining a light on all traffic: malicious, mundane, and everything in between,” said Phil Shigo, Vice President, Business Development, ExtraHop. “It is important that the broader cybersecurity community is able to correlate robust network insights with a wide range of data sources - logs, endpoints, and more - to gain a greater understanding of how an attacker enters an environment and carries out their offence. The latest from the XDR Alliance is a key step to achieving this cohesion throughout the SOC, helping enterprises uncover cyberattacks before it's too late.”  Mimecast  Mimecast is committed to the open XDR approach to create a more cybersafe email experience" “Because email is a favourite delivery vector for adversaries, any cybersecurity strategy needs to include email security use cases in scope. Mimecast is committed to the open XDR approach to create a more cybersafe email experience for everyone,” said Jules Martin, Vice President Technology Alliances, Mimecast. He adds, “We are excited to have contributed to these API specifications available as open source, and look forward to seeing the benefits.”  Netskope  “The modern workforce's use of the cloud demands protection wherever users, apps, and data are located. Netskope is proud to have added its unique insights into cloud security to the XDR Alliance definitions of open-source API specifications for the benefit of our customers and the broader user community,” says Andy Horwitz, Vice President, Business Development and Technology Alliances at Netskope. ReliaQuest  “ReliaQuest provides detection, investigation and response services for hundreds of organisations worldwide, and at-scale integrations between disparate tools is critical for us to provide effective offerings to our customers. We are excited to have contributed to the XDR Alliance’s open-source API specification which will help our users break down silos between their security solutions,” says Brian Foster, President of Product and Technical Operations at ReliaQuest. In the past year, the XDR Alliance has welcomed Banyax, Deloitte, and ReliaQuest as new members to strengthen its presence in the MSSP/MDR market.