IBM today announced the expansion of its enterprise security program designed for the AI era, alongside a new partnership with Anthropic as part of Project Glasswing, an industry initiative focused on protecting critical software infrastructure worldwide.
The initiative comes as organizations face increasingly sophisticated AI-powered cyberattacks capable of accelerating reconnaissance, vulnerability discovery, and exploitation across enterprise environments. IBM stated that its latest security efforts combine decades of enterprise infrastructure expertise with AI-driven security technologies designed to defend modern hybrid cloud and open-source ecosystems.
As cybercriminals increasingly adopt frontier AI technologies to automate attacks, enterprises are facing heightened pressure to modernize their security operations. IBM noted that AI-powered attacks can now accelerate multiple phases of the attack lifecycle, from reconnaissance to exploitation, often outpacing traditional security defenses.
To address these evolving risks, IBM announced new investments and expanded capabilities designed to help enterprises proactively detect vulnerabilities, coordinate security operations, and strengthen software supply chain protection.
Project Glasswing extends these efforts by bringing together technology and cybersecurity leaders focused on improving resilience across critical infrastructure and widely used software systems.
“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,” said Rob Thomas, SVP Software & Chief Commercial Officer, IBM.
IBM highlighted its IBM Concert platform as a core component of its AI-era security strategy. The platform uses AI to unify application, infrastructure, and network signals into a centralized operational view that helps organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
According to IBM, the platform is designed to move organizations beyond passive monitoring by enabling coordinated and intelligent security responses across enterprise environments.
The company also noted that IBM Concert Secure Coder extends security capabilities directly into developer workflows and integrated development environments (IDEs). The tool helps detect vulnerabilities, prioritize risks based on business impact, and automatically generate remediation code during development.
By identifying issues earlier in the software development lifecycle, IBM aims to help organizations reduce the risk of vulnerabilities reaching production environments.
IBM Consulting is also expanding services focused on helping organizations adapt to AI-driven cybersecurity risks and compressed threat timelines.
The company introduced IBM Autonomous Security, a multi-agent service designed to coordinate detection, decision-making, and incident response at machine speed. IBM stated that the service combines AI-driven automation with support from its business partners to help enterprises improve operational resilience.
These efforts are intended to help organizations modernize vulnerability management and open-source security strategies as AI continues reshaping the cyber threat landscape.
IBM and Red Hat also emphasized their ongoing contributions to open-source security initiatives. The companies stated that maintaining enterprise-grade versions of widely used open-source components allows organizations to respond more rapidly when vulnerabilities emerge.
IBM noted that its participation in Project Glasswing includes identifying and remediating vulnerabilities in commonly used software while contributing coordinated disclosures, upstream patches, and security best practices back to the broader open-source community.
The company said these collaborative efforts reflect its long-standing belief that openness and transparency are essential for maintaining security at scale across enterprise ecosystems.
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