Foundation for Enterprise Security and Cyber Resiliency: Dell PowerEdge and Broadcom

There are numerous challenges companies face to establish and maintain the cybersecurity capabilities required to operate in today’s complex and increasingly hostile digital world. Companies are reminded daily of the potential cost to their reputation, revenue and more for failing to maintain a competent cyber resiliency profile. Often, even a single breach can result in regulatory fines, loss of revenue and customers, and in some cases may even cause existential implications for a firm.

A Futurum Group study conducted in 2023, with more than 150 IT Security professionals from companies with 1,000 or more employees resulted in several insights. More than 80% of companies surveyed reported an increase in their cybersecurity budgets while nearly 50% are increasing their cybersecurity headcount in response to these growing threats. In terms of challenges faced, the top two items were limited budgets and high solution costs, indicating a need to improve cybersecurity without significant cost implications.

As part of The Futurum Group’s ongoing research and analysis, The Futurum Group Labs has developed a cyber-resiliency framework that is designed as a holistic tool for evaluating how well a product or service offering helps a company meet their cybersecurity requirements. This framework incorporates multiple industry standards and best practices to provide a comprehensive perspective for evaluating their security requirements. The Futurum Group utilizes this framework when evaluating security aspects of products and services.

In this paper we review the important security features of Dell and Broadcom components, and how they can help companies improve their security posture and overall cyber resiliency. The Futurum Group Labs tested Dell 16th Generation PowerEdge servers with Broadcom 57508 Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) and PERC RAID controller cards both within our lab facilities, and remotely within Dell’s lab. This analysis provides a real-world use case of managing security across a multi-site, distributed environment.