Acronis and Intel Join Forces to Deliver AI-Driven Cybersecurity and Real-Time Threat Detection

Acronis has partnered with Intel to bring AI-powered, real-time threat detection and efficient endpoint protection to businesses worldwide. The collaboration integrates Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud with Intel Core Ultra processors and NPUs (Neural Processing Units), delivering faster, more efficient, and hardware-accelerated cybersecurity without compromising system performance.

AI-Powered Security Meets Intel Innovation

With this partnership, Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), and enterprises gain access to advanced AI-driven cybersecurity that protects against sophisticated cyberthreats like ransomware, zero-day exploits, and fileless malware.

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud leverages Intel’s OpenVINO toolkit to offload AI-based behavioral heuristics and anomaly detection from the CPU to Intel’s NPU. Internal testing shows up to a 92% reduction in CPU load, resulting in optimized performance, extended battery life, and seamless endpoint security—a breakthrough for resource-constrained IT teams.

 

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is a SaaS-based, multi-tenant cybersecurity platform that unifies:

● Next-generation antimalware and ransomware protection

● Email security and data loss prevention (DLP)

● Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

● Automated backups and disaster recovery

By consolidating these features into one integrated cyber protection solution, Acronis reduces IT complexity, prevents productivity loss, and helps organizations align with NIST cybersecurity standards for identifying, protecting, detecting, responding, and recovering from threats.

Gaidar Magdanurov, President of Acronis, said, “Cyber protection must be AI-powered and seamlessly integrated to counter modern threats. Our collaboration with Intel enables MSPs and IT teams to deliver real-time endpoint protection while maintaining system performance and user productivity.”

Carla Rodríguez, VP and GM, Client Software Enabling at Intel, added, “By running advanced cybersecurity tasks directly on AI PCs powered by Intel Core Ultra processors, Acronis delivers low-latency, high-performance security with improved privacy and reduced IT burden.”

Traditional antivirus and fragmented cybersecurity tools often slow down systems and overwhelm IT teams. With Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud powered by Intel AI PCs, businesses can enjoy:

• Real-time threat detection with minimal system impact
• AI-accelerated ransomware defense
• Seamless endpoint protection across physical, virtual, and cloud devices
• Reduced complexity for MSPs and IT administrators

This partnership sets a new benchmark for endpoint cybersecurity, combining AI-driven protection, Intel innovation, and cloud-powered resilience to help organizations safeguard their data, improve efficiency, and reduce operational risks in today’s evolving cyber threat landscape.