Cyber Magazine June 2024 | Page 82

Mr . Pawan Gupta ( Sr . Director , CIS ), Cognizant , and Dr . Sridhar Muppidi ( IBM Fellow & CTO WW ), discuss their long-term partnership and the impacts of growing Gen AI applications in cybersecurity .
COGNIZANT & IBM
Mr . Pawan Gupta ( Sr . Director , CIS ), Cognizant , and Dr . Sridhar Muppidi ( IBM Fellow & CTO WW ), discuss their long-term partnership and the impacts of growing Gen AI applications in cybersecurity .

Perhaps one of the defining features of today ’ s AI age isn ’ t the technology itself but the technology partnerships that drive client business outcomes . The union of IBM and Cognizant is one such example .

IBM is a renowned multinational technology firm , and Cognizant is a specialist in IT consulting that has assisted clients with technology modernisation for three decades .
This partnership between Cognizant and IBM brings together minds with expertise from a century of business , combining them with fresh talent to efficiently address some of the most pressing challenges with even more intelligent technologies .
In our conversation , it becomes clear that Cognizant and IBM ’ s partnership is one of great intentions , particularly regarding enterprise cybersecurity .
Mr . Pawan Gupta , Senior Director of Global Security Services at Cognizant , and Dr . Sridhar Muppidi , IBM Fellow & CTO of IBM Security , join this conversation to emphasise how their partnership delivers both offensive and defensive capabilities to corporate cybersecurity functions .
Mr . Gupta highlights significant changes in the company ’ s operational model and collaborative approach .
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