Dell extends cyber resilience to identity, AI environments and quantum-safe storage

Dell Technologies has expanded its cyber resilience offerings to include identity systems, AI environments, and quantum-safe storage solutions. The company's PowerProtect software now includes identity restoration capabilities to return compromised identity platforms to a clean, trusted state after an attack. This restoration supports Microsoft's Active Directory and Entra ID, as well as Okta's access controls, eliminating the need for manual rebuilding after incidents.

In addition, Dell has added two new services specifically for AI environments. Security Hardening for Dell AI Factory conducts thorough checks of physical, virtual, and application layers within a customer's AI Factory deployment, providing prioritized recommendations to reduce exposure. Resilience Operations for AI, on the other hand, focuses on prioritizing AI capabilities that a business cannot afford to lose and developing recovery policies and procedures for those applications, ensuring swift recovery in case of disruptions.

The storage side of the update includes quantum-safe encryption for data in transit on Dell PowerStore arrays and retention-locked local snapshots on Dell PowerScale systems. This setup guarantees a recent copy of data, enabling rapid recovery. Through PowerScale SmartSync, a secondary copy of these snapshots is stored on Dell ObjectScale for long-term preservation. Dell's recently released PowerProtect is now capable of automatically scheduling and managing these snapshots.

Lastly, Dell has introduced a Post-Quantum Readiness Assessment to identify exposed cryptography across an organization's infrastructure and devices, ranking risks by criticality to guide migration priorities. Dell's vice president of cyber resilience, Simon Jelley, highlighted that many organizations still rely on outdated tools and strategies to protect AI environments and identity systems, emphasizing that attacks are accelerating beyond previous defenses.

Specific availability and cost details for these services and capabilities were not disclosed by Dell.