IBM announced an expansion of its enterprise security program focused on protecting organizations against AI-powered cyber threats, while also deepening its involvement in Project Glasswing, an industry initiative aimed at securing critical software infrastructure.
The company said attackers are increasingly using advanced AI tools to accelerate every phase of cyberattacks, including reconnaissance, vulnerability discovery, and exploitation. In response, IBM is introducing new AI-driven security capabilities designed to help organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities faster across hybrid cloud and enterprise environments.
IBM said its participation in Project Glasswing includes collaborating with Anthropic and other security and technology companies to identify vulnerabilities in widely used software, contributing patches to open-source projects, and sharing security findings with the broader industry ecosystem.
One of the centerpiece offerings highlighted by IBM is IBM Concert, which uses AI to unify application, infrastructure, and network signals into a single operational view. The platform is designed to help organizations move from passive monitoring toward coordinated and intelligent threat response. IBM also noted that IBM Concert Secure Coder extends security functionality into developers’ integrated development environments by identifying vulnerabilities and automatically generating code remediations before software reaches production.
IBM Consulting is also helping enterprise customers address emerging AI-driven risks by modernizing vulnerability management and open-source software oversight for faster-moving threat environments. In addition, IBM Autonomous Security, a multi-agent security service, is designed to deliver machine-speed detection, decision-making, and response capabilities with support from IBM’s ecosystem partners.
The company also emphasized the role of Red Hat in helping customers manage risks associated with unsupported open-source software. IBM and Red Hat said they proactively contribute fixes and maintain enterprise-grade versions of open-source components to provide customers with faster and more reliable support when vulnerabilities emerge.
IBM stated that its contributions to Project Glasswing include coordinated disclosures, upstream open-source patches, and the sharing of best practices with industry participants as part of a broader effort to strengthen security across the software ecosystem.
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“AI-powered attacks have already moved beyond what traditional defenses can match. We’re helping clients assess their exposure and putting tools like IBM Concert to work in more environments. Separately, as part of Project Glasswing, we’ve been hardening our own products and contributing fixes back to the open-source community. The collaboration makes the entire ecosystem stronger.”
Rob Thomas, SVP Software & Chief Commercial Officer, IBM
