Dell adds identity recovery and quantum-safe encryption to PowerProtect

Dell Technologies expanded its PowerProtect cyber resilience portfolio on October 27, 2026, adding software that restores compromised identity platforms, a separate managed detection and response service, AI security services, an upgraded AI assistant and quantum-resistant encryption. The company announced the additions as part of the portfolio update, according to SiliconANGLE.

The new PowerProtect software returns compromised identity platforms to a trusted state. It supports Microsoft Active Directory, Entra ID and Okta, and can restore access permission settings.

Alongside the software, Dell launched the Dell Identity Threat Detection and Response (MDR) service, which monitors suspicious authentication attempts, compromised accounts and privilege misuse around the clock. The two are separate offerings: the monitoring runs through the MDR service, not through the PowerProtect software itself.

AI services and storage changes

Dell introduced a Dell AI Factory Security Hardening service, in which Dell experts review customers' AI factories across physical, virtual and application layers to find configuration risks. A second service, AI Resilience Operations, identifies essential AI functions and provides recovery plans and procedures after outages.

The AI assistant delivered through PowerProtect Data Manager now lets administrators handle recovery and report creation through a chat interface, with human approval required for suggested actions. PowerProtect can also automatically manage local snapshots that prevent deletion on the PowerScale NAS system.

On storage, Dell applied quantum-resistant encryption to Fibre Channel data traffic on PowerStore all-flash systems with its latest software. The company also released a Post-Quantum Readiness Assessment service that finds weak cryptography in an organization and ranks it by risk.