Kyndryl launches Cyber Defense Operations Center

Why it matters

- The new Bengaluru center integrates with Kyndryl Bridge, the company's AI-powered open-integration platform, providing a single operational view of network and security data across its global operations centers. - This facility is a key component of Kyndryl's broader "cyber resilience" strategy, which moves beyond traditional cybersecurity by integrating it with business continuity and disaster recovery to reduce financial and reputational damages from attacks. - Kyndryl's Security and Resiliency practice is led by Kris Lovejoy, who was previously the global consulting cybersecurity leader at EY and the founder and CEO of BluVector, an AI-powered threat detection platform acquired by Comcast in 2019. - The center utilizes an "Agentic AI Framework" embedded in its assessment services to evaluate customer environments and identify security gaps, which creates a data-driven roadmap for remediation and modernization. - This launch follows Kyndryl's recent expansion of its partnership with Palo Alto Networks to deliver managed Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) services, aimed at helping enterprises adopt cloud-first, zero-trust security models. - Looking at future threats, Kyndryl has introduced a Quantum Safe Assessment service to prepare firms for "Harvest now, decrypt later" attacks, where encrypted data is stolen today for future decryption by quantum computers. - The quantum assessment helps clients create a Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) to identify systems vulnerable to quantum threats and build a roadmap for migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). - Earlier in February 2026, Kyndryl launched its Intelligent Recovery Service, a cloud-based solution using AI and automation to accelerate the restoration of critical systems after an outage and to support evolving regulatory compliance mandates.

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• Kyndryl's Security and Resiliency practice is led by Kris Lovejoy, who was previously the global consulting cybersecurity leader at EY and the founder and CEO of BluVector, an AI-powered threat detection platform acquired by Comcast in 2019.
• Earlier in February 2026, Kyndryl launched its Intelligent Recovery Service, a cloud-based solution using AI and automation to accelerate the restoration of critical systems after an outage and to support evolving regulatory compliance mandates.

What happens next

• This launch follows Kyndryl's recent expansion of its partnership with Palo Alto Networks to deliver managed Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) services, aimed at helping enterprises adopt cloud-first, zero-trust security models.
• The company stated the center aims to improve cyber resilience, accelerate incident response, and strengthen regulatory compliance.

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