NTT recognized as an Innovator in Avasant’s Cybersecurity Services RadarView™ Report 2020
Among endless service provider options, novel and disruptive mechanics in innovation brings recognition as an Innovator for Cybersecurity Services 2020.
Read the Avasant report
“Consolidated the security business into NTT Ltd. to drive operational cohesiveness. Focus on predictive security and app security.”
AVASANT ANALYST INSIGHTS
Practice Maturity
- NTT Security has been folded into NTT Ltd., which was established as a separate entity in 2016. NTT Ltd. now includes NTT Security, NTT Communications and Dimension Data. It also appointed the new CEO for NTT Security, Matthew Gyde, from Dimension Data.
- NTT follows a top-down structural approach, where the cybersecurity strategy is led by the global CISO and is passed onto the Executive Director level or Executive Committee.
- It is scouting for start-ups and technologies, especially in Israel, in fields of cybersecurity, digital health, and autonomous vehicles.
- With defense moving from SIEM to SOAR and a growing focus on predictive security, it recently selected AttackIQ as a strategic technology partner to provide predictive threat intelligence solutions.
- It also entered into a multi-year alliance with Microsoft to leverage the latter’s cloud platform and AI technologies to jointly develop new digital solutions including advanced analytics for cybersecurity threat intelligence.
Partnership Ecosystem
- Last year, NTT Security has signed an MoU with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) to exchange strategic threat intelligence along with a view on key cybersecurity trends and industry best practices. Part of this knowledge will be utilized for Europol’s annual threat assessment report.
- NTT Com in collaboration with Denso developed Vehicle Security Operation Center (V-SOC) technology to assess the vehicle’s security status from January 2020. NTT Com will leverage technology and know-how of NTT Security and NTT Secure Platform Laboratories for this initiative.
- NTT Security is also participating in CyberX’s partner program in IoT security market, which involves various managed service providers (MSPs), systems integrators, consulting firms, distributors, value-added resellers and technology alliance partners.
Investments and Innovation
- As infrastructure is more cloud-based and software-defined, NTT views applications as one of the growing threat vectors and has been making the right investments towards this end.
- To address the growing security demand in Asia-Pacific, it has been updating and expanding its SOCs in the region. It has 4 SOCs in the region including one in Sydney, which it rebuilt last year, Japan, Singapore, and India. Also, the workforce in Asia-Pacific has increased by around 150% during 2017-18.
- It continues to invest in training and talent development, with the goal of developing a resource pool of 10,000 security professionals in the next 4 years.
Featured Resources
NTT’S CYBERSECURITY SERVICES PRACTICE
2019-2020 UTILITIES DIGITAL SERVICES RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2019-2020 INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION SERVICES RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2019-2020 HEALTHCARE DIGITAL SERVICES RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2019-2020 AIRLINES AND AIRPORTS DIGITAL SERVICES RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2019 BLOCKCHAIN SERVICES RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2019 SD-WAN MANAGED SERVICES RADARVIEW REPORT
2019 DIGITAL MASTERS RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2019 CYBERSECURITY RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2019 APPLIED AI AND ADVANCED ANALYTICS RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2019 INTERNET OF THINGS SERVICES RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2018 HYBRID ENTERPRISE CLOUD SERVICES RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2018 INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION SERVICES RADARVIEW™ REPORT
2018 BLOCKCHAIN SERVICES RADARVIEW™ REPORT
DISCLAIMER:
This graphic was published by Avasant LLC as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The document is available upon request from Avasant website. Avasant does not endorse any provider, product or service depicted in its research publications, including RadarViewTM, and does not advise users to select only those providers recognized in these publications. Avasant’s research publications are based on information from best available sources and Avasant’s opinion at the time of publication, and their contents should not be construed as statements of fact. Avasant disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including and warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.