NTT Ltd.
announced the launch of its Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
security service to help companies achieve business performance
objectives through improved cyber resilience. The cloud-native,
analytics-driven offering combines human and machine expertise with
leading technologies and threat intelligence to reduce the mean time to
detect and respond to cyber attacks.
The MDR service is built on Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft's leading
next-gen 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, apps,
and infrastructure, both on-prem and in multicloud environments.
Using analytics, machine learning, and threat intelligence, the service
hunts for suspicious activities and minimizes false positives. With
built-in orchestration and automation of common tasks, enterprises can
respond to incidents rapidly and remotely isolate threats.
This latest offering represents another step forward in NTT and
Microsoft's multi-year Strategic Alliance Agreement (SCA) signed in
2020. Since then, the two companies have collaborated to build advanced
solutions in public, private and edge cloud, data & AI, digital
& app innovation, modern workplace, and now most recently in
security.
With over 25 years of Microsoft experience, including 5000+ Microsoft
engineers, and more than 10,000 Microsoft certifications, NTT provides
an advanced combination of application and systems integration, advisory
and managed cloud, and security services that are built using Microsoft
platforms and can be delivered globally.
"Organizations are typically utilizing a patchwork of security
technologies that lack alignment," said Charlie Li, Senior Executive
Vice President: Managed Cloud and Infrastructure Services, NTT Ltd.
"This disjointed approach has left businesses often unable to detect
hard-to-find threats and lacking the necessary agility to mitigate them.
Many are simply adding more security layers, increasing complexity, and
generating even more logs and alerts that go untreated."
"NTT's MDR service helps organizations stay ahead of attackers and has 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 delivers 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, largely driven by more threats that have sprouted with the
expansion of today's hybrid workforce and the magnitude of the increased
volume of digital transactions impacting businesses," said Craig
Robinson, Research VP, International Data Corporation (IDC). "MDR
services are greatly assisting organizations in taking a pro-active
stance to protect all forms of digital transactions and providing those
organizations with high-impact, real-time, advanced analytics and
professionals 24X7X365."
"We're extremely pleased to expand on 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 joint
customers," said Csaba Deme, General Manager, Global Security Sales at
Microsoft.
NTT is well-positioned to enhance its strategic partnership with
Microsoft, having earned the esteemed Microsoft Azure Expert Managed
Services Provider status, as well as 8 Specializations. NTT is a member
of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) and boasts a
strong legacy with over 20 Microsoft Partner Awards, including the
prestigious Partner of the Year.
The global managed detection and response market size is predicted to increase from $2.6B in 2022 to $5.6B by 2027.
Some of the factors that are driving market growth include shortage of
skilled cyber security professionals and budget constraints, government
regulations, and strict compliance for adoption of MDR services.
NTT's MDR base service includes service tiers 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 Devices and Services.