Restoring data after a cyberattack isn’t enough if the identity systems that control access are compromised. Dell Technologies Inc. is extending its cyber recovery tools to cover those systems, putting identity resilience alongside data protection.

That gap is widening as AI ties data, identity, infrastructure and applications into interdependent systems, making data protection a core layer of enterprise AI. Backup and recovery alone no longer get the business running again, according to Rob Emsley (pictured, left), director of cyber resilience product marketing at Dell.

“Without good identity and trust in identity, your ability to bring the business back is almost impossible,” he said. “Without the identity framework, the identity platform that you rely upon, you may have the data, but you can’t access it.”

Emsley and Adam Miller (right), global lead for security and resilience services marketing at Dell, spoke with theCUBE’s Dave Vellante for the AI Cybersecurity and Resilience Summit, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed how Dell is extending cyber recovery to identity platforms and AI infrastructure. (* Disclosure below.)