Breach containment vendor Illumio has launched a new collaboration with Kyndryl, the huge information technology infrastructure services provider created when IBM spun their infrastructure services business into another company in 2021. Its purpose is to help organizations reduce cyber risk, strengthen resilience, and speed Zero Trust adoption. Combining Illumio AI-powered breach containment with Kyndryl Microsegmentation Implementation Services delivers a scalable solution for Zero Trust, which helps reduce the spread of cyberattacks, minimizes business disruption, and improves resilience.
Illumio Insights, a core component of the Illumio Platform, is powered by an AI security graph. Insights ingests and analyzes cloud-scale network data, delivering real-time visibility into traffic and risks. With this technology, Kyndryl can support the deployment of proactive microsegmentation and provide comprehensive managed services to customers, helping to deliver smarter, faster breach containment in environments at scale. By turning massive volumes of telemetry into clear, actionable intelligence, Illumio Insights helps customers reduce dwell time, limit blast radius, and improve compliance with confidence. Combined with Illumio Segmentation, organizations can isolate workloads and applications to contain breaches more effectively. By integrating these capabilities into its broader cyber resilience and managed services portfolio, Kyndryl helps customers implement Zero Trust architectures and accelerate segmentation strategies that improve operational resilience.
Kyndryl’s global teams are certified to deploy and manage Illumio solutions, supporting efficient integration and ongoing support. Through this collaboration, Kyndryl can help customers scale breach containment efforts with confidence and agility.
“Exciting news!” said Todd Palmer, Senior Vice President of Global Partner Sales and Alliances at Illumio. “Illumio and Kyndryl have joined forces to help organizations contain breaches and accelerate Zero Trust adoption. By combining Illumio’s AI-powered breach containment with Kyndryl’s global microsegmentation expertise, we’re setting a new standard for proactive security. Together, we help you contain attacks before they spread, reduce risk and business disruption, and meet compliance goals confidently.”
Customer benefits include:
- Rapid implementation of Zero Trust architectures
- Push-button deployment of Illumio Insights, helping Kyndryl to deliver AI-driven threat detection across millions of workloads in minutes
- Proactive segmentation of networks and workloads to contain potential breaches
- Reduced attack surfaces to support compliance and risk management
- Expertise to scale and operationalize Zero Trust strategies across complex, hybrid IT environments
- A fully managed and scalable microsegmentation implementation and managed service from Kyndryl, providing end-to-end coverage and global support
“This collaboration is a model for how Zero Trust should be delivered – globally and with measurable impact,” Palmer said. “Together with Kyndryl’s expertise, we’re embedding breach containment into the fabric of enterprise security, enabling organizations to stay resilient and compliant in the face of evolving threats.”
“We’re excited to partner with Illumio to help customers take real steps toward Zero Trust,” said Rajeshwar Shankar, VP & Sr Partner Infrastructure & Cloud Transformation Leader, Healthcare at Kyndryl. “ With their AI-powered breach containment and our hands-on micro segmentation expertise, we’re making it easier to reduce risk, boost resilience, and keep business moving securely.
“When we needed to bring these capabilities into Microsoft, Illumio was the only segmentation solution that would work at the scale of Microsoft and deliver in our environment,” said Igor Tsyganskiy, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Microsoft.