Data protection and cyber resilience anchor enterprise AI

Data protection and cyber resilience have become fundamental levels of control for enterprise AI.

This was one of the clear messages from the discussion at Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas earlier this year. Cyber ​​recovery capabilities are linked to resiliency, AI governance, data integrity and operational trust – all essential requirements in an environment where the reliability of AI systems depends on the data pipelines, runtime controls and recovery processes that support them.

Cyber ​​recovery will be the focus of the AI ​​Cybersecurity and Resilience Summit, streaming October 27-28 on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. The summit will host a flagship program led by Dell Technologies on the first day titled “From AI to Quantum: A New Era of Cyber ​​Resilience,” which will air on October 27. One of the program’s guests will be Rob Emsley, director of cyber resilience marketing at Dell Technologies Inc., who has spoken in the past about how corporate security personnel need to continually hone their incident response skills and become familiar with key defense principles.

“We train our vendors and partners on three key words when it comes to cyber resilience: secure, detect and recover,” Emsley said. “Secure is about reducing the attack surface. Detect is about identifying and responding to threats.” [Recovery] Cyberattacks are ultimately what customers expect when they need it.”

The broadcast will also reach viewers in North America, EMEA and APJ from October 28th to 29th. TheCUBE Research analysts Dave Vellante, Krista Case, Christophe Bertrand and Scott Hebner will examine how Dell and its industry partners are rethinking architecture, policies and operating models to make AI more reliable in real-world conditions. (*Disclosure below.)

Networked platforms for data protection

Earlier this year, Dell made a series of announcements aimed at connecting its AI Data Platform, PowerProtect portfolio, CyberSense capabilities and automation stack into a more unified architecture. The focus was on data access, AI-enabled data pipelines, cyber resilience, and policy-aware AI operations designed for enterprise-scale environments.

“Dell’s announcements reflect that cyber resilience and AI infrastructure platforms are expanding beyond backup and recovery to include metadata visibility, recovery validation and contextual understanding of enterprise data,” the CUBE Research case study states. “Organizations should pay close attention to how vendors set up governance and validation for AI environments.”

This expansion beyond backup and recovery shows how agentic AI is changing the protection needs of many organizations. As agents become more capable of accelerating cyberattacks, companies must implement defense strategies more quickly.

“The threat is evolving faster than ever for agents, which is why this secure, isolated, immutable layer – which is a key differentiator in building our portfolio – is necessary,” said Simon Jelley, vice president of product management at Dell, during a conversation with theCUBE. “Governance is necessary, but governance, as we unfortunately know, is never 100% guaranteed.”

New approaches to building cyber resilience

In addition to protecting against AI-powered attacks, Dell and its customers are also discovering the benefits of using autonomous tools to protect critical data and systems. Dell has used Claude Mythos Preview and other Frontier AI models to aggressively find and remediate product vulnerabilities. According to Jelley, generating highly unpredictable test scenarios can reveal hidden architectural weaknesses.

“The reality is that it has to be randomized, and again, you use these on-demand environments to be able to ramp up quickly – randomize the test set,” Jelley explained. “AI will actually help randomly identify the vulnerability. It’s definitely both a risk and a tool when it comes to how we help our customers.”

Dell’s approach highlights a key element in developing new approaches to building cyber-resilient infrastructure. As analysts at theCUBE Research have noted, survey data shows that organizations face security challenges in AI deployments, and this has been a central part of Dell’s focus on building cyber resilience.

“Cyber ​​resiliency risk not only affects the data you have to process every day, but also starts to emerge in the actual AI infrastructure itself,” said Bertrand of theCUBE Research. “Security or cyber risks…that’s what people say, besides cost, is also their first operational challenge when implementing AI. There is no AI without a secure infrastructure, and that means data is also recoverable, secure and of course compliant.”

Key interview topics from the first day event include:

• AI Security: From Adoption to Agent: Discover how organizations can embed security across the AI ​​lifecycle, protect agent AI systems, and strengthen threat detection and recovery.
• The Path to Post-Quantum Security and Resilience: Prepare for the future of post-quantum security with strategies to address emerging threats and strengthen long-term cyber resilience.
• Resilience as a Superpower: Discover how integrated security, operational resilience, and strategic partnerships can turn cyber resilience into a competitive advantage.
• From security operations to security outcomes: Understand how changing boardroom priorities are making cybersecurity a strategic business asset focused on measurable results.

TheCUBE event live stream

Don’t miss theCUBE’s coverage of Dell’s flagship program on October 27 at the AI ​​Cybersecurity and Resilience Summit. Additionally, you can view theCUBE’s event coverage on-demand after the event.

How to watch theCUBE interviews

We offer several ways for you to view theCUBE’s coverage of the AI ​​Cybersecurity and Resilience Summit, including theCUBE’s dedicated website and YouTube channel. You can also find all of our coverage of this year’s events on SiliconANGLE.

TheCUBE Podcasts

SiliconANGLE’s theCUBE Pod is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube so you can enjoy it on the go. In each podcast, SiliconANGLE’s John Furrier and Dave Vellante break down the biggest trends in enterprise technology — from AI and cloud to regulation and workplace culture — with exclusive context and analysis.

SiliconANGLE also produces our weekly Breaking Analysis program, in which Dave Vellante examines the top stories in enterprise technology, combining insights from theCUBE with spending data from Enterprise Technology Research, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.

guests

During Dell’s flagship program at the AI ​​Cybersecurity and Resilience Summit on October 27, theCUBE’s coverage will feature discussions with Dell executives who will examine how the company and its industry partners are rethinking architecture, policies and operating models to make AI more reliable in real-world conditions.

(*Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the AI ​​Cybersecurity and Resilience Summit. Sponsors of theCUBE’s summit coverage have no editorial control over theCUBE or SiliconANGLE content.)

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