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"IBM Security is focused on an open approach, allowing for deeper connections and visibility across the broader security, cloud and IT ecosystem," Aarti Borkar, vice president of IBM Security, said in the announcement.
"Working with cloud providers like AWS is a critical part of this equation, helping provide a more seamless client experience in order to reduce security complexity for customers as they move further into the cloud,” Borkar continued.
Security system complexity is a top factor increasing data breach costs among surveyed organizations in the 2020 Cost of Data Breach Report from IBM and Ponemon Institute.
Therefore, many companies are looking to implement solutions to streamline and modernize their security operations for the hybrid cloud. IBM highlighted that this can be achieved through integrated offerings and collaboration between security leaders and cloud service providers.
Specifically, IBM Security can help clients securely migrate to AWS and modernize workloads, extend visibility and insights into the most critical issues across AWS environments, simplify and accelerate threat investigation across AWS workloads, and manage overall security posture through IBM and Security Services.
One initiative, IBM Security QRadar, is now available on AWS Marketplace. The paid service will help customers deploy advanced security analytics within their environments.
The program also delivers integration across various security services, such as AWS Network Firewall service, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Security Hub, and Amazon GuardDuty.
Additionally, IBM’s Quick Start guide will help clients simplify and automate deployment of IBM’s flagship open security platform across AWS environments.
The platform, IBM Cloud Pak for Security, runs on Red Hat OpenShift software and includes pre-build connectors for AWS. This allows security teams to uncover any threats across AWS and other environments from one platform without migrating data, IBM stated.
Back in 2019, IBM acquired Red Hat for $34 billion to boost innovation by offering a next-generation hybrid multicloud platform.
IBM's open hybrid cloud platform, based on Red Hat OpenShift, enables a hybrid cloud approach that drives up to 2.5 times more value for clients than a public cloud-only solution.
IBM’s overall focuses is on its open hybrid cloud platform and artificial intelligence capabilities to design, run, and modernize infrastructure from important organizations.
In mid-October, the company split into two separate companies to accelerate its hybrid cloud growth strategy and drive digital health transformation for its clients.
The unnamed spinoff (NewCo) will operate its Managed Infrastructure Services unit of its Global Technology Services division.
NewCo will be the world's leading managed infrastructure services provider and will have partnerships with over 4,600 technology-intensive, highly regulated clients in 115 countries.