Telefónica Tech creates NextDefense brand to bring together all of its advanced cybersecurity services for large enterprises

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Telefónica Tech has just announced the creation of NextDefense, a new brand under which it brings together various cybersecurity services focused on large companies. The brand, which will be present in the markets in which the telecoms technology holding company operates, has the backing of the Spanish multinational’s cybersecurity operations center.

In a statement, Telefónica Tech details that NextDefense is born as a “solution” to “the record numbers of vulnerabilities reached in 2020”, a figure that was exceeded for the fourth consecutive year. In fact, a report by Telefónica and several telecoms highlighted how the level of cyber threats multiplied by 2,000% in the network in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

NextDefense brings together under one brand cybersecurity services to manage vulnerabilities based on risk, threat intelligence, and managed detection and response capabilities. It also offers new services, such as pentesting – penetration tests, by means of which ethical hackers test the security of their clients.

In addition, for those cases “where technology is not enough”, NextDefense also offers its Red Team, which will work on pentesting “providing organizations with validation of their resilience to real attack scenarios”. The new brand also harbors “highly specialized threat intelligence teams,” which allows for a “better understanding of the intent, motives, and capabilities” of cyber attackers.

This is how Telefónica’s cybersecurity experts train: two professional hacker guerrillas fight daily in secret to prepare for real cyberattacks.

NextDefense thus becomes a comprehensive new product in a single subscription along with “more advanced” device defenses. “It incorporates the knowledge of Telefónica Tech’s intelligence analysts to proactively search for threats that have gone unnoticed” and does 24-hour monitoring every day.

Alberto Sempere is the Cybersecurity Product Manager at Telefónica Tech. He recalls that companies “must make a firm commitment to cybersecurity” and for this, they have to rely “on partners with the best operational and technical capacity so that the rapid digitization of the last year does not translate into a security breach.”

“Our experience and knowledge in cybersecurity allows us to offer NextDefense turnkey services, but also through customized solutions in the case of companies that already have a greater maturity in their security,” he explained.

Telefónica Tech is thus fine-tuning the incorporation of new partners. The holding with the telecom’s cybersecurity, cloud, IoT, and big data businesses grew in double digits in 2020.

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