Launches IBM X-Force Incident Response Services
IBM plans to acquire Resilient Systems in order to strengthen its incident response capabilities. This enables clients to respond and mitigate cyber incidents more quickly while helping minimize their exposure.
Resilient Systems, a leader in security incident response solutions, based in Cambridge, Mass., houses approximately 100 employees. The Resilient Systems Incident Response Platform is used today by a wide variety of the Fortune 500 as well as mid-sized organizations across a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, U.S. federal, manufacturing, and education. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close later this year, subject to any required regulatory reviews.
“We are excited to be joining IBM Security, the industry’s fastest-growing enterprise security company,” said John Bruce, Resilient Systems Co-Founder and CEO. “By combining, the market now has access to the leading prevention, detection and response technologies available in the same portfolio – the security trifecta.”
As part of today’s announcement, the company also launched the new IBM X-Force Incident Response Services, further expanding IBM’s capabilities by helping clients plan for, manage and respond to cyberattacks, tapping the knowledge of 3,000 consultants and security researchers globally. Resilient Systems’ award-winning platform will be a foundational component for these new services, along with IBM’s QRadar Security Intelligence Platform and planned integration with Resilient Systems’ technology across the full IBM Security portfolio. The new services include a remote incident response capability to help clients map how a breach occurred and take action to shut it down.
“By adding Resilient Systems’ technology and expertise, IBM will have an industry-leading range of capabilities to help clients respond to cyber breaches, across consulting, services, and products,” said Marc van Zadelhoff, General Manager, IBM Security. “IBM is the world’s fastest-growing enterprise security company, and we lead the industry in the detection and prevention of cyber attacks. With our intent to acquire Resilient Systems, and our other announcements today, we are doubling down on the incident response market. Cybersecurity needs to function like an immune system, both in preventing breaches, but also in quickly eradicating those that do occur.”
The new incident response capabilities significantly increase IBM Security’s capabilities. IBM already is the Security Intelligence market leader, enabling businesses to detect and prevent breaches. IBM reached $2B in security revenue, outgrew the market, and hired 1,000 new experts into its security business in 2015.
