NTT Ltd., a world-leading IT infrastructure and services company, today announced the launch of its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) security service to help enterprises achieve business performance objectives through improved cyber resiliency. The cloud-native, analytics-based offering combines human and machine expertise with leading technologies and threat intelligence to reduce mean time to detection and response to cyberattacks.
The MDR service is built on Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft’s leading next-generation security information and event management (SIEM) platform powered by AI, automation, and threat intelligence. Sentinel enables organizations to collect data at scale across all users, devices, applications and infrastructure, both on-premises and across multi-cloud environments.
Using analytics, machine learning and threat intelligence, the service looks for suspicious activity and minimizes false positives. With built-in orchestration and automation of common tasks, organizations can quickly respond to incidents and isolate threats remotely.
This latest offering represents another step forward in the multi-year Strategic Alliance Agreement (SCA) between NTT and Microsoft, signed in 2020. Since then, the two companies have been cooperating to create advanced solutions in public, private and edge cloud, data and AI , digital and app innovation, the modern workplace, and now, most recently, security.
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With more than 25 years of experience at Microsoft, including more than 5,000 Microsoft engineers and more than 10,000 Microsoft certifications, NTT provides an advanced combination of application and systems integration, managed cloud and advisory, and security services built with use of Microsoft platforms and that can be delivered worldwide.
“Organizations typically use a patchwork of security technologies with a lack of alignment,” said Charlie Li, Senior Executive Vice President, Managed Cloud Services and Infrastructure at NTT Ltd. “This disjointed approach has often left companies unable to detect hard-to-find threats and without the agility to mitigate them. Many are simply adding more layers of security by increasing complexity and generating even more logs and alerts that go unaddressed. .”
“NTT’s MDR service helps organizations stay ahead of attackers, having a direct impact on workforce productivity and customer satisfaction through real-time and long-term threat correlation, advanced analytics and continuous monitoring of digital transactions. It offers a strong cyber resilience posture, directly impacting an organization’s operational, financial and resource resilience,” he added.
“Our research indicates that IT security professionals are in high demand, in large part due to more threats that have come with the expansion of today’s hybrid workforce and the magnitude of the increase in digital transaction volume impacting enterprises” , said Craig Robinson, Vice President of Research at International Data Corporation (IDC). “MDR services are greatly helping organizations to take a proactive stance to secure all forms of digital transactions and provide these organizations with 24/7, 365 high-impact, real-time, professional advanced analytics. days a year.”
“We are extremely pleased to expand our existing strategic relationship with NTT through the launch of the new MDR service, based on Microsoft Sentinel, to further help protect and support our mutual customers,” said Csaba Deme, General Manager of Global Security Sales at Microsoft.
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NTT is well positioned to enhance its strategic partnership with Microsoft, having earned the esteemed Microsoft Azure Specialist Managed Services Provider status, as well as 8 specializations. NTT is a member of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) and has a strong legacy with more than 20 Microsoft partnership awards, including the prestigious ‘Partner of the Year’.
The global Managed Detection and Response market size is predicted to increase from USD 2.6 billion in 2022 to USD 5.6 billion in 2027 . Some of the factors that are driving the growth of the market include shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals and budget constraints, government regulations and strict compliance for adoption of MDR services.
NTT’s core MDR service includes service levels and deployment options, as well as support for add-ons that provide additional capabilities to expand detection capabilities and response actions. Current add-ons are MDR for Endpoint and Security Device Management (SecDM) for MDR for security services and devices.
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