Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has partnered with Dimension Data and FireEye as part of a multimillion dollar five-year investment to build its first Cyber Defence and Response Centre (CDRC).
The CDRC will provide around-the-clock advanced event monitoring, threat protection and intelligence, and incident response to arm both Vodafone Enterprise and its customers against rapidly evolving online security threats.
The Centre will leverage Vodafone’s existing security investments, and will be powered by Dimension Data’s and FireEye’s global network of advanced security operations centres. It will provide the following services;
- Proactive threat hunting: actively hunt for potential threats before an attack occurs
- Global threat intelligence correlation: work closely with government agencies and industry partners to identify any global threats
- Threat subscriptions: focused on cybercrime and critical infrastructure
- Vulnerability management: proactive discovery and remediation of any security weaknesses
- Ethical hacking: systematically attempt to penetrate existing systems to exploit vulnerabilities
- Incident response: address and manage recovery following an attack
- Digital forensics capabilities: obtain, analyse, identify and preserve details involved in an attack
- Crisis management: assist with the aftermath of an attack.
Kevin Millroy,Vodafone Chief Technology Officer
Strategic partnership with Dimension Data and FireEye provides the company with a suite of additional security capabilities to ensure the company remains resilient against cybercriminals. Cybercrime is a topic that we take very seriously at Vodafone.
Matt Gyde, Dimension Data’s Group Executive Security
Vodafone has taken a significant step to address its customers’ ongoing safety, with the creation of the Cyber Defence & Response Centre which draws on the expertise and global presence of Dimension Data, together with FireEye.