Dell Technologies is advancing its security measures to protect organisations from the emerging risks posed by quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI). By reinforcing device security and improving cyber resilience, Dell aims to enhance threat detection across AI data platforms and prepare for next-generation cybersecurity threats.
Enhancing cyber resilience capabilities
As AI continues to generate valuable data, it also presents new opportunities for cyber attackers. The rise of quantum computing threatens existing encryption methods, necessitating devices designed to withstand future cyber threats. Dell's approach to these challenges includes a layered defence strategy from personal computers to data centres, enhancing both security and resilience.
Quantum-ready security features
Dell is implementing quantum-ready security enhancements in its commercial PCs
Quantum computing poses a threat to device security fundamentals, requiring a design philosophy that incorporates security at the fundamental firmware level. Dell is implementing quantum-ready security enhancements in its commercial PCs, which include fortifying the embedded controller to guard against advanced threats. By utilising stronger encryption and digital signatures, these upgrades aim to validate firmware updates against quantum threats, reducing supply chain vulnerabilities.
Aligned with post-quantum standards
Dell’s BIOS Verification feature, following post-quantum standards, checks for tampering by comparing BIOS against a trusted reference securely stored in the cloud. If discrepancies are discovered, the system alerts the relevant teams for action. This advancement is part of Dell's effort to ensure hardened devices and robust cyber resilience to mitigate the impact of cyber incidents.
Strengthening data protection with PowerProtect
With findings from the Cyber Resilience Insights research indicating only 40% of global organisations effectively contain and recover from cyber incidents, Dell is enhancing its PowerProtect cyber resilience offerings. Improvements include faster recovery solutions and advanced threat detection capabilities. The PowerProtect Data Manager utilises an AI-powered assistant to guide teams through recovery processes, while the Data Domain appliance offers speedier backups and restores.
Detection and response services expansion
Addressing visibility gaps in AI data storage, Dell is extending its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services to cover Dell PowerScale environments. With additional support from Dell’s cybersecurity experts, organisations can identify threats more swiftly and automate security responses, ensuring critical data is protected with minimal operational disruption.
Introducing new endpoint security options
Dell is introducing an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)-only service
Alongside the MDR expansion, Dell is introducing an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)-only service. This offering provides continuous monitoring and investigative capabilities for endpoint threats. If BIOS integrity is compromised, an alert is sent to Dell’s MDR team for immediate investigation, ensuring enhanced security visibility.
John Roese, Dell Technologies’ global CTO, commented on the evolving landscape: “Quantum computing will compromise current encryption and digital signatures, while AI increases data value and sharing. With nearly a decade of investment in post-quantum cryptography and cyber resilience, we are equipping organisations to handle emerging cybersecurity threats.”
Javier González Belinchón of Palladium Hotel Group emphasised the need for reliable IT performance: “PowerProtect Data Manager’s Snapshots ensure uninterrupted operations and reduce risks, making it indispensable for luxury hospitality where IT disruptions can be detrimental.”
Futurum’s Fernando Montenegro remarked on the security challenges posed by AI: “As AI adoption broadens, ensuring visibility and control in areas where traditional security measures are inadequate is crucial. Dell’s strategy effectively addresses these needs.”
Product availability
Quantum-ready security features on Dell commercial PCs are expected in 2026. Upgraded Dell PowerProtect Data Manager features and updates to the Data Domain Operating System are available now. The Dell PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410 appliance is scheduled for release on April 15, 2026, while the EDR-only option launches on April 16, 2026.
Dell Technologies introduces new security by design and cyber resilience capabilities to help organisations secure, detect and recover from next-generation threats.
The enhancements address emerging risks from quantum computing and AI by hardening device foundations, strengthening cyber resilience when incidents occur and extending threat detection into AI data platforms.
Cyber resilience capabilities
AI is creating more valuable data and giving attackers new ways to move faster. Quantum computing will accelerate that shift by weakening the encryption technology that organisations use today to protect data and verify software integrity.
These converging threats are driving demand for devices built to resist future attacks, cyber resilience to minimise incident impact and stronger detection across environments where AI data lives. Dell is addressing these security challenges through a layered defense approach across the technology stack, from the PC to the data center.
Deepest firmware layers
Quantum computing threatens the security foundations that protect devices today, driving a need for security by design at the deepest firmware layers. Dell is introducing quantum-ready security features to its commercial PCs to protect against attacks that can evade traditional security tools and remain hidden even after a restart or system reinstall.
The upgraded security features harden the PC’s embedded controller (EC), a core hardware security component, to verify firmware updates using signatures designed to resist future quantum-enabled attacks. This helps prevent the controller from accepting malicious or tampered firmware and reduces supply chain risk by validating updates with stronger encryption and digital signatures.
Post-quantum standards
Dell's enhanced BIOS Verification capability, aligned to post-quantum standards, detects tampering by checking the BIOS against a trusted reference stored securely in Dell's cloud. If something does not match, this Dell-unique verification[ii] flags the device and triggers an alert so teams can investigate and respond.
Hardened devices are essential for helping reduce successful attacks, and so is cyber resilience to minimise impact when incidents occur. According to Dell’s Cyber Resilience Insights research, only 40% of global organisations successfully contained and recovered from a cyberattack or incident drill with minimal impact. Dell is strengthening its PowerProtect cyber resilience portfolio to help organisations detect threats like ransomware sooner and recover faster from incidents.
Most secure foundation
Enhancements to PowerProtect Data Manager help organisations resolve recovery issues faster with an AI-powered assistant that provides contextual guidance during time-sensitive tasks, spot ransomware risk earlier with enhanced anomaly detection that scans Dell PowerStore snapshots and simplify management at scale with a unified dashboard across distributed systems.
PowerProtect Data Domain, the world’s most secure foundation for cyber resilience[iii], extends protection to smaller sites and strengthens data security in transit. The PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410 appliance delivers up to 2x faster backups and 46% faster data restores,[iv] empowering organisations to resume operations quickly after an incident. The updated Data Domain Operating System, now including support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3, helps protect data while it moves between systems and aligns with NIST requirements for encrypted connections.
Streamlining security operations
Fast recovery requires early threat detection. AI workloads concentrate valuable data in platforms that traditional endpoint security can miss, creating visibility gaps that attackers exploit. Dell is extending its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service into environments where unstructured data and AI workloads live.
Building upon the MDR expansion to Dell PowerProtect, Dell MDR now extends to Dell PowerScale, providing organisations with enhanced visibility into threats targeting their AI data storage platforms. Supported by Dell’s expert cybersecurity analysts, this service enables earlier detection of suspicious activity and automates response actions, streamlining security operations and safeguarding critical data.
Next-generation antivirus capabilities
Additionally, Dell is introducing a new Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)-only option. This service monitors, investigates and responds to endpoint threats using advanced threat detection and next-generation antivirus capabilities. When used with Dell PCs, the service offers unique visibility into BIOS verification results. If a PC’s BIOS drifts from its trusted baseline due to a potential compromise, an alert is sent to Dell’s MDR team to investigate.
John Roese, global CTO and chief AI officer, Dell Technologies: “Quantum computing will break the encryption and digital signatures protecting data today, while agentic AI raises the stakes by increasing the value of data and autonomously shares it across teams and organisations. We've been preparing for both shifts for almost a decade through our investments in post-quantum cryptography and our approach to cyber resilience and security by design. We are continuing to bring these protections across our portfolio to help organisations navigate emerging technologies and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threats.”
Compression optimise bandwidth
Javier González Belinchón, director, Corporate Infrastructure & Operations, Palladium Hotel Group: “In luxury hospitality, even a brief IT disruption during peak operations can have a major impact. We work with heavy workloads, and PowerProtect Data Manager’s Transparent Snapshots make a real difference. We get no business disruption, lower risk of data loss and the VM backup times are cut in half. Coupled with our PowerProtect Data Domain appliance, deduplication and compression optimise bandwidth, remote backups are seamless and storage requirements are drastically reduced.”
Fernando Montenegro, vice president & practice lead, Cybersecurity & Resilience, Futurum: “As AI adoption expands, security teams need to protect more high-value data in areas where traditional controls may not provide adequate visibility into how threats move across AI workloads and data platforms. Dell’s approach reflects this broader cyber resilience strategy aimed at reducing risk, deepening security visibility and helping organisations recover more effectively when incidents occur.”
Availability:
- Quantum-ready security features will be available on new Dell commercial PCs launching in 2026.
- Dell PowerProtect Data Manager enhancements are now available.
- Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Operating System updates are now available.
- Dell PowerProtect Data Domain DD3410 appliance will be available April 15, 2026.
- Dell Managed Detection and Response (MDR) expansion to Dell PowerScale is now available.
- Dell Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)-only option is available April 16, 2026.
