{"id":26228,"date":"2026-09-08T19:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=26228"},"modified":"2026-09-08T19:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:13:10","slug":"ntt-data-and-palo-alto-networks-sign-global-strategic-alliance-to-accelerate-secure-ai-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=26228","title":{"rendered":"NTT DATA and Palo Alto Networks sign global strategic alliance to accelerate secure AI transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Helps organizations navigate Frontier AI with integrated governance, threat intelligence and cybersecurity expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, and Palo Alto Networks announced a multi-year strategic alliance designed to help organizations securely adopt AI, modernize cybersecurity, simplify complex technology environments and build cyber resilience for the AI era.<br \/>\nAs Palo Alto Networks first strategic alliance of this kind with a global systems integrator, the agreement, which targets $1 billion in joint business by the end of three years (2029), combines Palo Alto Networks AI-powered cybersecurity platforms with NTT DATA&#8217;s consulting, engineering and managed services.<br \/>\nLeveraging joint engineering, co-innovation and coordinated global delivery, the alliance will help clients assess cyber risk, deploy AI securely and continuously optimize security. Through these joint solutions, clients will gain a unified approach that seamlessly spans cybersecurity strategy, implementation and managed services.<br \/>\nBuilding on the companies&#8217; Frontier AI collaboration, the alliance brings together Palo Alto Networks Unit 42\u00ae threat intelligence with NTT DATA&#8217;s global cybersecurity expertise, AI governance and managed services. Backed by joint investments, more than 2,000 certified experts as well as dedicated Forward Deployed Engineers, the alliance will deliver a seamless approach to streamline deployments and speed client outcomes. Through direct engineering collaboration, NTT DATA will gain early access to new platform features, further accelerating the delivery of AI security services to clients.<\/p>\n<p>Initial solutions will address the most pressing cybersecurity challenges facing clients in highly regulated and critical industries, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and the public sector, across six strategic transformation areas:<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Autonomous Security Operations Center (SOC) &#8211;<\/strong> Modernize security operations with Agentic AI and managed services that help organizations detect, investigate and respond faster to increasingly sophisticated, machine-speed cyber threats while reducing operational complexity.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 AI governance &#8211;<\/strong> Embed governance, security and risk management throughout the AI lifecycle, helping organizations manage emerging AI risks and confidently scale AI innovation with greater accountability, transparency and control.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Identity security<\/strong> &#8211; Protect human, machine and AI agent identities, including workloads and devices, through an Identity Security Framework designed to discover, manage, secure and govern identities across the enterprise.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Zero Trust &amp; SASE &#8211;<\/strong> Helps secure users, applications and data across an increasingly complex attack surface through a unified Zero trust and secure edge architecture, leveraging AI-driven threat detection and prevention.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Resilient cloud &#8211;<\/strong> Enables organizations to improve visibility, compliance and autonomous risk reduction across multi-cloud environments with AI-enabled security posture management and stronger governance.<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 Firewall modernization<\/strong> &#8211; Modernize firewall environments to reduce complexity, improve visibility and strengthen enterprise security.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abAI is reshaping both business and cybersecurity, making deep ecosystem collaboration more important than ever,\u00bb said Nikesh Arora, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Palo Alto Networks. \u00abExpanding our alliance with NTT DATA allows us to operationalize platformization at true global scale, helping enterprises eliminate legacy complexity and move fast without sacrificing safety.\u00bb<br \/>\n\u00abAI is redefining every aspect of the enterprise, but it is also transforming the threat landscape at unprecedented speed. Organizations need a new approach to cyber resilience that combines AI-driven security, deep industry expertise and global scale,\u00bb said Abhijit Dubey, Chief Executive Officer and Chief AI Officer, NTT DATA, Inc. \u00abTogether with Palo Alto Networks, we&#8217;re bringing AI-powered cybersecurity innovation together with NTT DATA&#8217;s consulting, engineering and managed services capabilities to help clients securely accelerate AI adoption and stay ahead of evolving threats.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Above, Abhijit Dubey, Chief Executive Officer and Chief AI Officer, NTT DATA, Inc. \/ image credited to NTT DATA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helps organizations navigate Frontier AI with integrated governance, threat intelligence and cybersecurity expertise NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, and Palo Alto Networks announced a multi-year strategic alliance designed to help organizations securely adopt AI, modernize cybersecurity, simplify complex technology environments and build cyber resilience for the AI era. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=26228\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00abNTT DATA and Palo Alto Networks sign global strategic alliance to accelerate secure AI transformation\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26230,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26228\/revisions\/26230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}