TECH & AI
NTT DATA is making a clear play to hard‐wire cybersecurity resilience into the fabric of modern data centres through a new global network of AI‐powered Cyber Defense Centers. The company has several next‐generation facilities in India, the UK, and US – with its global coverage spanning five continents.
These centres are designed from the ground up to protect cloud and AI‐heavy environments at scale, reflecting how security has shifted from being a bolt‐on control to a core pillar of data centre strategy.
At the heart of NTT DATA’ s model is a move away from traditional, centralised security operations towards a distributed, AI‐driven architecture that learns continuously from incidents and analyst input. This approach aims to cut investigation times by up to 60 % and reduce alert volumes by as much as 90 %, allowing security teams to focus on higher‐value response and recovery work rather than manual triage.
The expansion reflects NTT DATA’ s strategic commitment to modernising cybersecurity for the AI era, where traditional security models struggle to keep pace with the speed and sophistication of emerging threats.
Agentic AI and autonomous SecOps The new Cyber Defense Centers are built around agentic AI for SecOps, where software agents autonomously
triage, analyse and hunt for suspicious activity across customer environments.
By automating repetitive, high‐volume tasks, these agents push many SOC workflows towards autonomy, while still looping in human specialists for complex forensic analysis, containment and post‐incident review. Industry research suggests this trend is set to become mainstream. Omdia forecasts that autonomous Security Operations Centers will be the industry standard within two years, positioning NTT DATA as an early mover in the transition to agentic platforms for cyber resilience.
106 February 2026