New York, November 12th / PRNewswire / -- Kyndryl (New York Stock Exchange ticker: KD) today announced the launch of a new sovereign solution to help companies enhance operational continuity and control in the face of constantly changing sovereign requirements. A core component of this solution is Kyndryl Sovereign Step - in Readiness, a new capability designed to assist companies in maintaining and strengthening their existing operational controls amidst recent geopolitical and regulatory complexities.
The demand for stronger operational preparedness is on the rise. The Kyndryl's "2026-2027 Readiness Report" report finds that less than a quarter of leaders indicate their organizations are ready to cope with geopolitical shocks, which further highlights the importance of understanding key dependencies and strengthening resilience at the operational level.
"Maintaining the operation of critical IT is fundamental to business continuity. Enterprises need to plan for sovereignty issues just as they would for other operational risks," stated Xerxes Cooper, the global head of Kyndryl. "What sets our approach apart is the global scale of Kyndryl and the decades of experience required to manage mission-critical technologies. We bring this combination to our customers to help them identify digital dependencies and prepare through skills training, process operation manuals, and the necessary technologies, so that they can maintain operations and control in the event of vulnerabilities being exploited."
The Kyndryl approach combines consulting expertise, hosting services, and technical capabilities to jointly assess the client's complete IT environment, identify areas that may require higher operational control, and determine the level of preparedness that matches their business needs and sovereignty expectations.
Kyndryl Sovereign Step - in and Readiness complement Sovereignty Readiness Assessment, with the latter assisting customers in assessing dependencies within their technical environments. Kyndryl takes the initiative to collaborate with customers to define and prepare specific sovereign scenarios, establish clear roles and governance mechanisms, develop operational procedures and operation manuals, and test their readiness to take over established operational responsibilities.
Customers can choose different levels of preparedness according to their own needs, ranging from preparing personnel and processes to more advanced solutions aimed at supporting localization tools and automation in their IT environments. As the level of preparation increases, so does operational independence—including local control over data, automation, and technology. Based on the customer's requirements and needs, these tools can run in the customer-hosted IT environment or on regional instances of Kyndryl Bridge.
Kyndryl Bridge plays an important role in the broader sovereign solutions and hosting services provided by Kyndryl. It utilizes integrated data and AI to provide visualization and insights for customers' complex IT environments. This visualization capability helps Kyndryl and its customers to better understand their technical environments and dependencies. Kyndryl is also designing regional instances of Kyndryl Bridge to support a higher degree of localization and digital autonomy, for use in customer management services.
Kyndryl indicates that Sovereign Step - in Readiness also includes a wide range of alliance partner programs. The company states that these partners, like Kyndryl, recognize that no single solution can completely eliminate customer risk assessment. As the scope of risks expands, so must the scope of solutions.
About Kyndryl
Kyndryl (New York Stock Exchange ticker: KD) is a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, offering consulting, implementation, and managed services to thousands of clients in over 60 countries. As the world's largest provider of IT infrastructure services, the company designs, builds, manages, and modernizes the complex information systems that the world relies on every day.
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