Digital business and IT company NTT DATA has expanded its partnership with Palo Alto Networks to help enterprises safeguard their digital infrastructures from emerging cybersecurity threats.
The collaboration introduces NTT Data’s Managed Extended Detection Response Service (MXDR), which offers continuous threat monitoring, detection, and rapid response capabilities.
The service is powered by Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM, a security operations centre (SOC) platform. Cortex XSIAM is an AI-driven platform that helps SOCs to harness AI and automation to simplify operations, stop threats at scale, and accelerate incident remediation.
These combined capabilities are designed to help enterprises strengthen their cyber resilience by integrating technologies and threat intelligence with global security expertise, significantly reducing the time needed to detect and respond to sophisticated cyber threats. Clients benefit from a unified view of data and security operations on a single platform to streamline operations and prevent threats.
According to Gartner, global cybersecurity spending is expected to exceed USD212 billion in 2025, an increase of 15% from 2024, as enterprises face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats and a shortage of skilled security professionals. To mitigate these challenges, enterprises are seeking advanced solutions that provide protection across their entire digital landscape.
“Many organisations rely on fragmented security systems, making it harder to detect advanced threats, and react quickly,” said NTT DATA Global Head of Cybersecurity Sheetal Mehta. “By partnering with Palo Alto Networks, we’re delivering a unified solution that strengthens cyber resilience, streamlines security operations and improves overall agility.”
“Organisations today are facing an unprecedented volume of sophisticated cyber threats, across their entire operations,” said Palo Alto Chief Partnerships Partner Kristy Friedrichs. “With NTT DATA, we are helping organisations transform their SOC through platformisation with XSIAM and expert services, delivering a unified solution that ensures customers can modernise and protect their operations with confidence.”
NTT DATA’s new MXDR service offers 24×7 incident detection and response with the support of a global operations team, AI-driven threat intelligence orchestration and automation. The service leverages machine learning for threat detection and is supported by a team of information security managers, threat hunters, digital forensic experts and certified security professionals. This allows customers to reduce operational complexity, improve resource management and lower the total cost of ownership.
Key benefits include:
- Comprehensive edge-to-cloud security: Full visibility into devices and networks, ensuring robust protection;
- AI-powered threat detection: AI-driven detection and response identifies and mitigates threats at machine speed;
- Reduced complexity and total cost of ownership: Truly a single platform, with one UI and one agent, that unifies multiple security services, simplifying the management of and drastically shortening response times; and
- Resilience against downtime: Integrated and automated services ensure business continuity, global reach and innovation.
NTT DATA has operations in over 50 countries and offers local expertise alongside global cybersecurity solutions, supported by over 7,500 cybersecurity professionals with more than 260 technical certifications. With over 15,000 security engagements, NTT DATA mitigates two billion security threats each year.
