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IBM Corp. on Wednesday announced that it is contributing the Kestrel open-source programming language for threat hunting to the Open Cybersecurity Alliance. The Kestrel threat hunting tool helps Security Operations Center analysts and other cybersecurity professionals streamline threat discovery.
IBM announced plans to acquire Waeg to extend IBM's portfolio of Salesforce services and advance IBM's hybrid cloud and AI strategy. "Our partner ecosystem is an important growth channel for Salesforce, and IBM continues to expand their capabilities across the world, most recently with the addition of Waeg," said Tyler Prince, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Alliances and Channels, Salesforce.
With the launch of AutoSQL, IBM Cloud Pak for Data now includes the highest-performing cloud data warehouse on the market that can run seamlessly across any hybrid multi-cloud environment - including private clouds, on-premises and any public cloud. IBM Mono2Micro uses AI developed by IBM Research to analyze large enterprise applications and provide recommendations on how to best adapt them for the move to cloud.
IBM unveiled a breakthrough in semiconductor design and process with the development of the world's first chip announced with 2 nanometer nanosheet technology. IBM's new 2 nm chip technology helps advance the state-of-the-art in the semiconductor industry, addressing this growing demand.
In addition to new blueprints, IBM Security also announced a partnership with the cloud and network security provider Zscaler. On Wednesday, IBM Security announced new ways the company will help customers adopt a zero trust approach to security.
IBM Security introduced a new Software as a Service version of IBM Cloud Pak for Security, designed to simplify how organizations deploy a zero trust architecture across the enterprise. The new IBM Security zero trust blueprints offer a framework for building a security program designed by applying the core principles of zero trust: least privilege access; never trust, always verify; and assume breach.
The new integrations extend NeuVector's collaboration with IBM to provide container security capabilities for IBM Cloud clients. NeuVector has already helped IBM Cloud clients secure their container environments through IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service.
IBM announced new capabilities for IBM Watson designed to help businesses build trustworthy AI. These capabilities further expand Watson tools designed to help businesses govern and explain AI-led decisions, increase insight accuracy, mitigate risks and meet their privacy and compliance requirements. The barriers to developing trustworthy AI and mitigating risk remain pervasive, with 82% of AI professionals surveyed saying their organization has been negatively impacted by problems, like bias, with data or AI models.
IBM is working with partners on its Digital Health Pass, which allows for easy sharing of health credentials such as a COVID-19 vaccine or test. IBM's GM Jason Kelley shares details.
The Treasury Department on Thursday slapped six Russian technology companies with sanctions for supporting Kremlin intelligence agencies engaged in "Dangerous and disruptive cyber attacks." Only one of them stands out for its international footprint and partnerships with such IT heavyweights as Microsoft and IBM. That company, Positive Technologies, claims more than 2,000 customers in 30 countries, including major European banks Societe Generale and ING, as well as Samsung, SK Telecom of South Korea and BT, the British telecommunications giant.