IBM is helping businesses ramp up security by enhancing its Q Radar Security Intelligence Platform. QRadar now includes a link to IBM X-Force, a security service that monitors 13 billion security events per day.

"The new integrations can detect when multiple failed logins to a database server are followed by a successful login and accessing of credit card tables, the followed by an upload to a questionable site," said an official statement.

"By applying analytics and knowledge of the latest threats and helping integrate key security elements, IBM plans to deliver predictive insight and broader protection," said Brendan Hannigan, IBM security systems, General Manager.