Akamai has been selected as a strategic security partner for World Wide Technology's AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience (ARMOR) framework. The collaboration addresses the "security tax" enterprises face when traditional security systems compete with AI workloads for computing resources. ARMOR is described as the industry's first vendor-agnostic AI security framework, covering six domains including governance, model security, and data protection. Akamai's role centres on three pillars: eliminating performance trade-offs by integrating its Guardicore Segmentation with NVIDIA BlueField data processing units, securing agentic AI and data lakes through API security, and providing multilayered defence against DDoS attacks. The integration accelerates ransomware containment by an average of 21.4%, reaching 32.6% for large enterprises. WWT's Advanced Technology Centre serves as a testing ground for the ARMOR reference model.

World Wide Technology has launched "Defending at the Speed of AI", a cybersecurity initiative developed with Horizon3.ai, Empirical Security, Infoblox and Cognition to counter AI-powered cyberattacks. The programme addresses the accelerating pace of threats as AI models enable vulnerabilities to be discovered in hours rather than weeks. The integrated solution combines continuous autonomous testing, risk prioritisation, upstream threat prevention and AI-accelerated remediation. Horizon3.ai provides autonomous testing, Empirical Security ranks exposures by exploitability, Infoblox prevents threats through protective DNS, and Cognition's Devin generates patches at machine speed. Available through WWT's Advanced Technology Centre and Cyber Range, the solution allows customers to test the integrated stack against AI-driven attack scenarios before production deployment. WWT will provide advisory, integration and managed services support.

World Wide Technology and CrowdStrike have launched the Securing AI with CrowdStrike Lab within WWT's AI Proving Ground. Built on NVIDIA AI factories, the lab enables enterprises to test, validate and deploy AI systems with unified security before production. The lab integrates CrowdStrike's Falcon platform into AI environments based on NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design, delivering protection across infrastructure, cloud and runtime layers. It addresses risks including misconfigurations, data exposure and prompt injection as organisations scale AI adoption. The partnership combines WWT's infrastructure expertise and AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience with CrowdStrike's security platform, allowing customers to move from GPU investment to production with enhanced visibility, governance and control. The lab operates within WWT's Advanced Technology Center.