IBM Bulks Up Cybersecurity Side With Resilient Systems Buy

IBM Security announced its intent to expand its security operations and incident response capabilities with the acquisition of cybersecurity firm Resilient Systems.

The company said that Resilient Systems’ incident response platform enables clients to respond to and mitigate cyberincidents faster through automation and orchestration of the numerous processes needed when responding to security breaches.

“By adding Resilient Systems’ technology and expertise, IBM will have an industry-leading range of capabilities to help clients respond to cyberbreaches, across consulting, services and products,” Marc van Zadelhoff, general manager of IBM Security, explained in a statement. “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.”

No financial terms of the acquisition were disclosed; the acquisition is expected to close later this year.

Resilient Systems’ platform technology is expected to be combined with many of IBM’s existing offerings and services to help facilitate streamlined processes for addressing security incidents. IBM said enhanced analytics capabilities will also be delivered through an integrated incident response solution that works across business functions and security systems.

“We are excited to be joining IBM Security, the industry’s fastest-growing enterprise security company,” John Bruce, Resilient Systems cofounder and CEO, added. “By combining, the market now has access to the leading prevention, detection and response technologies available in the same portfolio — the security trifecta.”

Along with its plans to acquire Resilient Systems, IBM also announced the launch of its new IBM X-Force Incident Response Services, which the company said will expand its capabilities to help clients plan for, manage and respond to cyberattacks by utilizing the knowledge of 3,000 consultants and security researchers from around the world.