Kyndryl launches its first Cyber Defense Operations Center in Bengaluru

It unifies network and security operations to reduce IT complexity and strengthen enterprise uptime.

Kyndryl has launched its first Cyber Defense Operations Center in Bengaluru to unify network and security operations under a single operating model.

The aim is to provide global customers with integrated cybersecurity and network expertise to improve incident response, strengthen resilience, and enhance overall IT performance.

Kyndryl integrates the Bengaluru centre with Kyndryl Bridge, the company’s AI‑powered open‑integration platform, to provide a single operational view of network and security telemetry.

The centre provides end-to-end services including advisory, design and implementation, and managed operations.

Enterprises face rising IT complexity, AI-driven cyber risks, and increasing pressure to deliver always-on digital services.

Only 31 percent of organisations are prepared for external business risks, with technology complexity cited as a key barrier to scaling AI, as per Kyndryl’s 2025 Readiness Report.

Kyndryl said the growing adoption of agentic AI across cloud, data centres, and edge environments has made it difficult for network and security operations to function in isolation.

The new centre is designed to break down these silos by delivering real-time visibility, unified monitoring, and collaborative analysis across network and security environments.

Improves visibility across enterprise IT roles

The centre integrates AI-enabled assessment services using Kyndryl’s Agentic AI Framework.

The framework is embedded into network security assessments to evaluate customer environments, identify operational and security gaps, and prioritise remediation.

This creates a data-driven roadmap for modernisation and managed operations.

Kyndryl has also introduced role-based operational dashboards within the centre.

These persona-driven dashboards deliver real-time insights for executives, security teams, network teams, incident commanders, and DevSecOps leaders.

The approach is intended to improve collaboration and visibility across enterprise IT roles.

To reduce manual processes, it incorporates integrated runbooks, playbooks, security telemetry, and rationalised toolsets.

This will minimise manual handoffs and alert fatigue, accelerate detection and response, and support Zero Trust architectures.

The Bengaluru facility builds on Kyndryl’s global network of security operations centres and network operations centres across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

According to the company, Kyndryl plans to expand the Cyber Defense Operations Center model beyond India to support growing global demand.

The launch also strengthens Kyndryl’s broader network and security services portfolio for the AI era, which includes advanced data centre networking, secure access service edge (SASE), and quantum-safe networking services.