Telefónica Tech launches NextDefense for secure digital transformation
The new managed security services portfolio is aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology framework
Telefónica Tech UK&I has launched a new cybersecurity services brand to help its customers with digital transformation.
NextDefense focuses on managed security services which Telefónica Tech delivers from its global network of security operations centres.
The Microsoft and CrowdStrike partner now offers its NextDefense service in the UK and Ireland with proprietary threat intelligence, technology and automation-driven standardised procedures, thanks to its scale and global cyber expertise.
Globally, Telefónica Tech has 6,300 professionals and more than 4,000 certifications in third-party technologies, all supported by its global network of SOCs spanning the UK, Europe and the Americas.
The NextDefense suite is aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) framework aimed at mitigating the cybersecurity risk of organisations, and offers:
Technical Assurance: ensures that a product, process, or system functions as intended, whilst maintaining robust security throughout.
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI): transforms information into actionable intelligence to understand how, where, why and which cyber criminals operate.
Penetration Testing: development of controlled tests to identify and exploit vulnerabilities and security gaps.
Red Teaming: a team of professionals assesses organisational resilience against real cyber-attacks, by simulating controlled attacks on the client's systems, in order to train their defences and identify vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Management: automatically scans an organisation's critical assets to detect potential threats, assess their level of exposure, and prioritise urgent remediation, in order to proactively identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
NextDefense also leverages advanced data sources and big data and AI techniques to predict and protect against emerging threats, making it a crucial component in today's cyber security landscape.
With this new service, Telefónica Tech UK&I transforms security operations through data and AI, and through the comprehensive use of Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) to automate cyber-attack prevention and response, strengthen security measures, improve the overall security posture, protect customers from cyber threats, and extract valuable information from the best available cyber intelligence.
"NextDefense brings the global scale and intelligence of Telefónica Tech's cyber operations to the UK&I market, offering organisations global reach with a local touch. We are one of the few UK MSPs that can offer a suite of cybersecurity services drawing upon the expertise of thousands of global experts, whilst also tailoring this to local needs," said Ed Tucker, cybersecurity CTO at Telefónica Tech UK&I.
"We are embarking on a new horizon of cybersecurity services that are secure by design and by default, charting a course towards a future where organisational resilience is built into the very fabric of our offerings".