Palo Alto Networks 收购 IBM 的 QRadar 资产成为 IBM 安全合作伙伴

Palo Alto Networks 公司和 IBM 公司今天宣布建立新的合作伙伴关系。Palo Alto Networks 将收购 IBM 的 QRadar 软件即服务资产，并成为 IBM 在网络、云和安全运营中心方面的首选网络安全合作伙伴。

The partnership, described as a broad-reaching partnership to deliver artificial intelligence-power security outcomes to customers, seeks to address the rapid growth of AI and the significant cybersecurity challenges. To address increasingly sophisticated threats, Palo Alto Networks and IBM are aiming to streamline and transform security operations to stop threats at large scale and accelerate incident remediation for customers.

两家公司将该合作关系描述为意义深远的伙伴关系。伙伴关系旨在为客户提供以人工智能为动力的安全成果，以应对人工智能的快速发展和重大的网络安全挑战。Palo Alto Networks 和 IBM 为了应对日益复杂的威胁将致力于简化和改造安全运营，以便阻止大规模威胁并加速客户的事件修复。

The partnership starts with the headline acquisition of IBM QRadar SaaS assets, including QRadar intellectual property rights. QRadar is a security information and event management solution that helps organizations detect, understand and respond to cybersecurity threats by collecting and analyzing log data from various sources.

双方合作的开端是 IBM QRadar SaaS 资产（包括 QRadar 知识产权）的收购。QRadar 是一个安全信息和事件管理解决方案。QRadar 通过收集和分析来自各种来源的日志数据帮助组织检测、理解和应对网络安全威胁。

Once the deal is complete, Palo Alto Networks and IBM will facilitate the migration of QRadar SaaS clients to Cortex XSIAM, Palo Alto’s AI-driven security operations platform. On-premise QRadar clients who wish to remain on Q-Radar on-prem will continue to receive support from IBM, including security, usability and critical bug fixes.

在交易完成后，Palo Alto Networks 和 IBM 将推动 QRadar SaaS 客户迁移到 Palo Alto 的人工智能驱动安全运营平台 Cortex XSIAM。那些希望继续使用 Q-Radar 内部部署的 QRadar 客户将继续获得 IBM 的支持，包括安全性、可用性和关键错误修复。

The partnership will also see IBM and Palo Alto Networks establish a joint security operation center that will offer managed SOC and IBM Consulting will become a preferred managed security service provider for current and future Palo Alto Networks customers. The two companies also plan to establish a joint Cyber Range that will offer immersive security training experiences for their customers.

在该合作关系下，IBM 和 Palo Alto Networks 还将建立一个联合安全运营中心，中心提供托管 SOC。IBM 咨询公司将成为当前和未来 Palo Alto Networks 客户的首选托管安全服务提供商。两家公司还计划建立一个联合网络训练场，为客户提供沉浸式安全培训体验。

Other aspects of the partnership include Palo Alto Networks’ cybersecurity solutions being accessible in IBM’s Consulting Advance AI service platform. Palo Alto Networks and IBM will also accelerate consultant training, allowing more than 1,000 IBM experts to provide optimal migration, deployment and adoption services across Palo Alto Networks platforms.

双方的合作还包括在 IBM Consulting Advance AI 服务平台上提供 Palo Alto Networks 的网络安全解决方案等各个方面。Palo Alto Networks 和 IBM 还将加快顾问培训，使一千多名 IBM 专家能够在 Palo Alto Networks 平台上提供最佳迁移、部署和采用服务。

IBM also plans to expand its deployment of Palo Alto Networks AI-powered security platforms internally, adopting Cortex XSIAM for next-gen security operations and Prisma SASE 3.0 for zero-trust network security to safeguard more than 250,000 of its global workforce.

IBM 还计划在内部扩大部署 Palo Alto Networks AI 驱动的安全平台，采用 Cortex XSIAM 实现下一代安全操作，并采用 Prisma SASE 3.0 实现零信任网络安全，以保护旗下全球超过 25 万名员工的安全。 

In return, Palo Alto Networks intends to integrate watsonx large language models into Cortex XSIAM to drive additional automation capabilities and to leverage IBM’s watsonx to accelerate its customer support outcomes. watsonx will also be used to help Palo Alto Networks proactively address known technical issues, create tailored self-service solutions and boost overall agent productivity within Palo Alto Networks customer support operations.

而Palo Alto Networks 方面则打算将 watsonx 大型语言模型整合到Cortex XSIAM 中，以推动更多的自动化功能，并利用 IBM 的 watsonx 加速旗下客户支持结果。watsonx 还将用于帮助 Palo Alto Networks主动解决已知的技术问题，创建量身定制的自助服务解决方案，并提高Palo Alto Networks客户支持运营中的整体代理生产力。

“Strategic partnerships like the one we’re announcing today with Palo Alto Networks bring with them significant benefits across the industry,” Arvind Krishna, chairman and chief executive of IBM, said in a statement. “Advanced threat protection and automation, underpinned by Cortex XSIAM and watsonx, and coupled with IBM Consulting, will speed client and partner adoption of next-generation security operations.”

IBM 董事长兼首席执行官 Arvind Krishna 在一份声明中表示，“诸如我们今天宣布的与 Palo Alto Networks 的这种战略合作伙伴关系将为整个行业带来巨大的好处。在 Cortex XSIAM 和 watsonx 的支持下，高级威胁保护和自动化再加上 IBM 咨询将加快客户和合作伙伴采用下一代安全操作的速度。”

The price of the acquisition of IBM QRadar SaaS was not disclosed, but in an interview with CNBC, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora didn’t hold back in sharing the motivation behind the deal, saying that his company needs to be better prepared to go up against Splunk Inc. Splunk was acquired by Cisco Systems Inc. in March for billion.

IBM QRadar SaaS 的收购价格未有披露，但 Palo Alto Networks 首席执行官 Nikesh Arora 在接受 CNBC 采访时毫不讳言这笔交易背后的动机，他表示他的公司需要做好与 Splunk 公司竞争更充分的准备。Splunk 在今年 3 月被思科系统公司以 280 亿美元收购。