Dell Technologies Announces Enhancements to Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience to Address Emerging Threats Posed by AI and Quantum Computing

This document is an abridged translation of a press release issued in the United States on March 23, 2026.

Original US Release: https://www.dell.com/en-us/dt/corporate/newsroom/announcements/detailpage.press-releases~usa~2026~03~dell-technologies-expands-cybersecurity-and-resilience-for-the-ai-era-and-emerging-quantum-risks.htm#/filter-on/Country:en-us

News Summary

• Security by design approach fortifies commercial PCs (*1) with quantum-ready security features

• AI-driven cyber resilience enables early detection of ransomware indicators and simplifies large-scale recovery

• Managed detection and response covering AI data platforms eliminates visibility gaps exploited by attackers

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 23, 2026:

Dell Technologies announced enhancements to its security by design and cyber resilience capabilities. These enhancements will further help organizations strengthen their security posture in protecting against, detecting, and recovering from next-generation threats. By fortifying the device foundation, improving cyber resilience during incidents, and expanding the scope of threat detection to AI data platforms, the company addresses the emerging risks arising from quantum computing and AI.

While AI generates valuable data, it also provides attackers with new means to act swiftly. Quantum computing is expected to accelerate this shift by compromising the encryption technologies organizations use to protect data and verify software integrity.

The convergence of these threats has increased the demand for device designs that can withstand unknown attacks, cyber resilience that minimizes the impact of incidents, and powerful threat detection capabilities across environments where AI data resides. Dell Technologies is addressing these security challenges through a defense-in-depth approach across the entire technology stack, from PCs to data centers.

Fortifying the PC Foundation with Quantum-Ready Security Features:

Advancements in quantum computing threaten the security foundation that protects current devices, increasing the need for security by design at the deepest firmware level. Dell Technologies is introducing quantum-ready security features to its commercial PCs to protect devices from attacks that evade traditional security tools and persist even after reboots or system reinstalls.

This enhancement to security features strengthens the protection of the PC's embedded controller (EC), a core component of hardware security, allowing firmware updates to be verified using signatures based on designs resistant to future quantum attacks. This prevents malicious or tampered firmware from being applied to the controller and mitigates supply chain risks by verifying updates with stronger encryption technologies and digital signatures.

Dell Technologies is enhancing its BIOS verification capabilities to comply with post-quantum cryptography standards. This feature detects tampering by comparing the BIOS against a trusted reference securely stored in the Dell Technologies cloud. If there is a mismatch, Dell Technologies' proprietary verification (*2) flags the device and sends an alert, enabling teams to quickly initiate investigations and respond.

Strengthening Cyber Resilience with AI-Driven Recovery:

Hardened devices are essential for reducing the success rate of attacks, and cyber resilience to minimize impact during an incident is also critical. According to the "Cyber Resilience Insights" study conducted by Dell Technologies, only 40% of global organizations successfully moved from containment to recovery while minimizing impact during cyberattacks or incident drills. To address these challenges, Dell Technologies is enhancing its "Dell PowerProtect" cyber resilience portfolio to help organizations detect threats like ransomware earlier and recover from incidents more rapidly.

Enhancements to "Dell PowerProtect Data Manager" have accelerated the resolution of recovery challenges with an AI-powered assistant that provides context-aware guidance during time-critical recovery operations. Additionally, enhanced anomaly detection that scans "Dell PowerStore" snapshots enables early awareness of ransomware risks. Furthermore, a unified dashboard provides a single-pane-of-glass view across distributed environments, significantly simplifying operational management in large-scale settings.

"Dell PowerProtect Data Domain" is the industry's most secure cyber resilience foundation (*3), expanding its protection scope to smaller locations and enhancing security for data in transit. The "PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410" appliance accelerates backups by up to 2x and data restores by 46% (*4), helping organizations significantly reduce the time it takes to resume operations following an incident. Moreover, the latest "Data Domain Operating System" now includes support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3, which helps protect data as it is transferred between systems and complies with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requirements for encrypted connections.

Expanding Threat Detection from Endpoints to AI Data Platforms:

Early threat detection is essential for rapid recovery. As AI workloads concentrate data on platforms, visibility gaps emerge that are difficult for traditional endpoint security to detect. Dell Technologies offers the "Dell Managed Detection and Response (MDR)" service to address these visibility gaps targeted by attackers, extending it to environments with mixed unstructured data and AI workloads.

Following the expansion of MDR to "Dell PowerProtect", Dell Technologies has also extended MDR to "Dell PowerScale." This enhances security visibility into threats targeting an organization's AI data storage platforms. Backed by Dell Technologies' expert cybersecurity analysts, this service enables early detection of suspicious activities, automation of response actions, streamlining of security operations, and protection of critical data.

Furthermore, Dell Technologies is introducing a new dedicated option specifically for EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response). This utilizes advanced threat detection capabilities and next-generation antivirus features to monitor, investigate, and respond to endpoint threats. When used in conjunction with Dell Technologies PCs, this service provides unique visibility into BIOS verification results. If a potential security breach causes a PC's BIOS to deviate from a trusted baseline, an alert is sent to the Dell Technologies MDR team to initiate an investigation.

Comments:

John Roese, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief AI Officer at Dell Technologies, stated: "Quantum computing is looking to invalidate the encryption and digital signatures that currently protect data. Meanwhile, agentic AI increases the value of data and elevates risk by sharing it autonomously across teams and organizations. Dell Technologies has been preparing for both shifts for nearly a decade by investing in post-quantum cryptography and practicing our approach to cyber resilience and security by design. Dell Technologies will continue to provide these protections across our portfolio to help organizations navigate new technologies and stay ahead of unknown threats."

Javier González Belinchón, Corporate Infrastructure & Operations Director at Palladium Hotel Group, said: "In the luxury hospitality industry, where extremely high service standards are required, even a minor IT disruption during peak seasons can have a massive impact. We handle heavy workloads, but the transparent snapshots in 'Dell PowerProtect Data Manager' make a huge difference. There's no business disruption, lower risk of data loss, and VM (Virtual Machine) backup times have been cut in half. Paired with 'PowerProtect Data Domain' appliances, deduplication and compression optimize bandwidth, enabling seamless remote backups and significantly reducing required storage capacity."

Fernando Montenegro, Vice President and Practice Lead for Cybersecurity & Resilience at Futurum, commented: "As AI adoption expands, security teams need to protect higher-value data by gaining visibility into threat movement across AI workloads and data platforms—something difficult to detect with traditional methods. Dell Technologies' approach reflects a broad cyber resilience strategy aimed at mitigating risk, deepening security visibility, and helping organizations recover more effectively when incidents occur."

Availability:

• Quantum-ready security features are expected to be available on new commercial PCs from Dell Technologies launching in 2026.

• Enhancements to "PowerProtect Data Manager" are available now.

• Updates to the "Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Operating System" are available now.

• The "Dell PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410" appliance is expected to be available on April 15, 2026.

• The "Dell Managed Detection and Response (MDR)" extension to "PowerScale" is available now.

• Dell Technologies' dedicated option for EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) is expected to be available on April 16, 2026.

*1. Based on Dell Technologies internal analysis (conducted on Intel in October 2025 and AMD in March 2026). Applies to PCs equipped with Intel and AMD processors. Not all features are available on all PCs. Additional purchases are required for some features. Intel-based PCs were verified by Principled Technologies in July 2025.

*2. Based on Dell Technologies internal analysis (conducted on Intel in October 2025 and AMD in March 2026). Applies to PCs equipped with Intel and AMD processors. Not all features are available on all PCs. Additional purchases are required for some features. Intel-based PCs were verified by Principled Technologies in July 2025.

*3. Based on internal analysis (October 2025). The cyber resilience foundation is provided by the "PowerProtect Data Domain" appliance family, which offers comprehensive, trusted, and unique capabilities including a secure supply chain, zero-trust maturity, immutability, managed detection and response, durability, chain of trust, secure remote access cards, and secure periods.

*4. Based on internal testing by Dell Technologies comparing the "PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410" appliance and the "PowerProtect Data Domain DD3300" appliance (January 2026). Both were configured with the same capacity, and actual results may vary.

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