Dell Technologies Inc. today announced a range of new security services and solutions designed to help organizations protect against threats, respond to attacks and secure their devices, systems and clouds.

Leading the announcements is Managed Detection and Response Pro Plus, a fully managed security operations solution that helps organizations prevent, respond and recover from security threats. The new service protects endpoints, infrastructure, software, hardware and clouds with 24/7 threat detection and investigation while identifying vulnerabilities and prioritizing patching.

Pro Plus does not offer protection alone. The service also supports breach and attack simulations to ensure an organization’s existing security controls, including web or email gateway settings, are configured and working properly. Penetration testing in Pro Plus can identify vulnerable pathways into an organization’s environment, flagging potentially suspicious activity and recommending security posture improvements. The service further provides year-round cybersecurity training in easy-to-learn modules to improve employee awareness of risks and encourage best practices.

In addition to MDR Pro Plus, Dell has also augmented its threat management portfolio with CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., offering customers more choices in cybersecurity software by adding CrowdStrike Falcon into its SafeGuard and Response portfolio.

With CrowdStrike’s cloud-native platform, Dell customers can access an extended suite of defenses that accelerate threat investigation and response to protect critical areas of enterprise risk: endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. The addition of CrowdStrike is said to make it easier for organizations to rely on Dell for their expanding security needs.

Dell is also delivering additional hardware protections to its commercial PCs to boost organizations’ confidence through integration between Dell’s PC design and supply chain. Dell is launching a cloud-based version of its Secured Component Verification offering, giving enterprise customers added security assurance that their PCs arrive as they were ordered and built from the factory.

Secured Component Verification on Cloud is said to help reduce the risk of product tampering with Dell commercial PCs. Dell generates a digital certificate, stored in a secure cloud environment, that documents key PC components in the factory. Upon delivery and at any time during its use, information technology teams can review the PCs against their corresponding certificates to verify component integrity.

Cyber Recovery has also had a look in, with Dell introducing Product Success Accelerator for Cyber Recovery. The new service streamlines the implementation and operation of a more secure, isolated Cyber Recovery vault. Using the new vault helps organizations protect critical data and maintain business continuity. PSX for Cyber Recovery is claimed to be the first standardized, outcome-based service available within the new PSX family. Companies can choose from three levels of assistance based on their needs.

“Security is embedded in Dell’s DNA. It’s built into our designs, infrastructure, supply chain and our products,” Matt Baker, senior vice president of Corporate Strategy at Dell Technologies, said in a statement. “Our growing portfolio of security services and solutions is helping organizations tackle their toughest security challenges and addressing the increasing complexity of how they stay secure across networks, devices and systems.”

In a press briefing ahead of the announcement, Baker said that Dell’s strategy was different from others.

“The landscape is vast and somewhat difficult to navigate,” Baker explained, saying that Dell’s strategy was to build an ecosystem. “It’s an ecosystem and we’re really good at assembling ecosystems. In the case of security, we want to narrow that down because the current security landscape is insanely vast and complicated.”

With reporting from Robert Hof

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