Bell Cyber & Radware launch AI-driven cloud security

Bell Cyber has expanded its partnership with Radware, adding a fully managed, cloud-delivered security service that combines web application and API protection with bot mitigation and defence against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Delivered through Bell Cyber's managed security operations model, the service uses Radware's application security technology and threat intelligence. Bell Cyber's Canada-based security operations team provides monitoring and response.

The announcement comes as organisations face a rising volume of automated attacks on public-facing applications and online services. These attacks increasingly target login pages, customer portals and application programming interfaces, while traffic-flooding campaigns can disrupt availability and mask other malicious activity.

Bell Cyber and Radware are positioning the service as a single managed package that brings together controls many organisations buy and operate separately. It includes web application security, API security, bot management and DDoS defence, reducing the need to integrate multiple products and manage several dashboards.

How it works

The expanded service integrates Radware's AI-based application security with Bell Cyber's security operations, focusing on identifying anomalous behaviour, blocking malicious traffic and adapting protection as attack patterns change.

Radware's technology covers websites, applications and APIs. Bell Cyber says it can identify account takeover attempts, automated abuse and malicious bots. The service also provides continuous protection during traffic-flooding attacks, supported by Radware's global security resources, while Bell Cyber manages day-to-day operations.

Bell Cyber says the service enables earlier anomaly detection without customers expanding internal security teams, and provides centralised visibility and reporting through a single platform.

Canada focus

A key part of the positioning is operational sovereignty for Canadian customers. Bell Cyber says its Canada-based team delivers end-to-end monitoring and response under Canadian control for customer data and service delivery, with bilingual support and practices aligned with national data-handling and compliance frameworks.

The service is also available across North America, including the United States, through Bell Cyber's managed services portfolio.

Managed security services have become a focal point for telecom and IT service providers looking to deepen customer relationships and take on operational tasks that in-house teams struggle to staff. At the same time, specialist security vendors have shifted more delivery into cloud-based services as application stacks move across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Executive comments

Bell Cyber President, John Menezes, described the expanded offer as a response to the pace and automation of modern attacks.

"Attackers are moving faster and using increasingly automated techniques to evade detection. By expanding our partnership with Radware, we're providing organizations across Canada and throughout North America a simpler, AI-driven service that helps them detect and respond to threats quicker with the confidence of Bell's fully managed, Canadian-delivered expertise," said Menezes.

Radware's Senior Vice President, North America Sales, Randy Wood, said the move expands distribution of its cloud security technology through Bell Cyber's managed model.

"This collaboration brings Radware's cloud-security technology to more companies that need stronger defense against high-velocity attacks. Bell's fully managed model ensures customers benefit from advanced detection without added complexity," said Wood.

The service is available now through Bell Cyber's managed services portfolio, with bilingual support in Canada and availability across North America.