Lenovo partners with Microsoft on cyber resilience offering

Lenovo has partnered with Microsoft to develop a Cyber Resiliency as a Service (CRaaS) offering projected for release in April 2024.

The offering enables Lenovo to build security solutions and services on Microsoft technology, including Azure, Defender and Sentinel.

CRaaS aims to help businesses of all sizes simplify security deployments and improve security posture to prevent, detect and recover from potentially disruptive cyber events.

“Lenovo’s customers want broad protection and visibility across their organisations, a zero-trust approach, and automated security and compliance, all while streamlining their vendor relationships and effectively managing technology costs,” Lenovo's solutions and services group CSO Marc Wheelhouse said.

"Cyber Resiliency as a Service is our comprehensive solution to help organisations effectively contend with sophisticated and frequent cyberattacks while also tackling other cybersecurity challenges like regulatory compliance and budget constraints."

Lenovo said CRaaS will simplify the enterprise security ecosystem by offering a solution built on the Microsoft security stack and fully managed by Lenovo.

The as a service consumption model allows customers to offload labour and time-intensive tasks as well as reduce overhead costs, the company said.

CRaaS aligns with the CIS top 18 critical controls for cyber defense.

“Security is one of the most pressing issues of our time and is key to driving business transformation and growth,” Microsoft's corporate VP of security business development Ann Johnson said.

“Together with Lenovo, we will empower organisations to be more resilient, secure, and productive with end-to-end, AI-powered security solutions and services.”