Cyber resilience. Delivered.

What are managed security services?

Managed security services put threat monitoring and response in the hands of an outside provider, and Cognizant delivers them through Cognizant Managed Cybersecurity. The service is AI-orchestrated on the Neuro® Cybersecurity platform, bringing threat detection and response, threat intelligence, workload protection and vulnerability management together in a unified cyber defense operating model. Threat intelligence and workload protection run alongside, and coverage reaches from cloud environments to endpoints and identities. Security teams end up running fewer disconnected tools and closing investigations faster.

Why do enterprises use a security orchestration platform?

Enterprises use a security orchestration platform to pull signals and risk context from many tools into one view, and Cognizant Neuro® Cybersecurity is built for that job. As Cognizant's AI-native platform, AI orchestration layer and risk intelligence engine, Neuro® powers Managed Cybersecurity, Frontier AI Cyber Defense and AI-driven cyber operations across the enterprise. Clients can run it as an orchestration layer over current tools or as a platform for building and orchestrating cybersecurity AI agents and workflows. A third option delivers a custom platform, deployed for the client, as a service.

What do data security and privacy services include?

At Cognizant, data security and privacy services cover structured and unstructured data across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments. Work begins with data discovery and classification and extends to masking, data loss prevention, encryption and key management. Governance services add data security posture management (DSPM), access control and entitlement management, database activity monitoring, and privacy and compliance assessments aligned to regulations such as GDPR and HIPAA.

The portfolio also includes AI Data Security capabilities to help secure AI data pipelines, vector stores and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) environments, enabling organizations to accelerate AI adoption while maintaining visibility, control and compliance across their data estate.

What is managed detection and response (MDR)?

Managed detection and response (MDR) is a service that watches an organization's environment around the clock and responds to threats on its behalf. Cognizant runs MDR from an AI-driven Security Operations Center (SOC) on the Neuro® Cybersecurity platform, pairing 24/7 incident response with threat intelligence, threat hunting and advanced analytics. At one biopharmaceutical client, that SOC processes 8 TB of logs a day across 30,000 users. Threat detection there runs up to 10× faster, and alert noise has dropped by 60%.

How can enterprises clear their vulnerability backlog faster?

Cognizant Frontier AI Cyber Defense clears backlogs by combining continuous exposure management, risk-based prioritization and agentic remediation under a unified governance layer. Speed matters because AI has cut the time from disclosure to exploit from weeks to hours, while enterprises still take 55 to 70 days to close a critical vulnerability. Each fix gets validated across applications and infrastructure, with audit evidence recorded along the way. In one multi-cloud estate, Cognizant identified 1.9 million vulnerabilities across 10 million cloud assets, and engagements typically begin with a Frontier AI Cyber Defense assessment to identify and prioritize the most critical cyber exposures.

How do you secure AI agents and generative AI applications?

Securing AI agents means protecting models and data pipelines from build time through runtime, and Security for AI from Cognizant covers that full lifecycle through AI governance, risk management and security controls. Prompts and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) context get the same protection as the models themselves. Build-time assurance pairs with runtime monitoring, AI runtime security and policy-backed governance controls throughout the AI lifecycle. Teams can then scale generative AI and autonomous agents with trust they can prove.

What is cyber resilience?

Cyber resilience is an organization's ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from and adapt to cyber incidents while maintaining business operations. It combines cybersecurity controls with threat detection, incident response, risk management, data protection and recovery capabilities. Rather than focusing only on prevention, cyber resilience prepares organizations to operate through disruptions and recover quickly when attacks occur. As threats continue to evolve, resilience has become a key measure of an organization's overall cybersecurity maturity.

What identity and access management (IAM) services include?

Identity and access management (IAM) services help organizations control who can access applications, data and systems, and under what conditions. Capabilities typically include identity governance and administration (IGA), privileged access management (PAM), customer identity and access management (CIAM), single sign-on and multi-factor authentication. These services help enforce least-privilege access, support Zero Trust initiatives and reduce identity-related risk. Modern IAM programs also automate access reviews, provisioning and compliance processes across complex enterprise environments.

What cloud security services include?

Cloud security services help organizations secure cloud infrastructure, applications, workloads and data across public, private and hybrid environments. Capabilities include cloud security posture management (CSPM), cloud-native application protection platforms (CNAPP), cloud workload protection, container security and micro-segmentation. These services help identify misconfigurations, reduce attack surface exposure and improve visibility across multi-cloud environments. Organizations use them to maintain security while accelerating cloud adoption and modernization initiatives.

How do organizations manage cyber risk and compliance?

Organizations manage cyber risk and compliance by combining governance, risk and compliance (GRC) processes with continuous control monitoring, risk assessments and regulatory oversight. This approach provides visibility into security risks, compliance obligations and third-party exposures across the enterprise. Programs typically include policy management, audit readiness, compliance tracking and cyber risk reporting. By translating technical risk into business impact, organizations can prioritize investments and demonstrate compliance with evolving regulatory requirements.