KDDI Partnered with Exaforce for Agentic Security
The telecommunications giant will integrate agentic AI into its managed security services across the U.S. and EMEA.
Updated on Sept. 23, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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KDDI America and KDDI Europe have officially partnered with Exaforce to market its agentic SOC platform to enterprise clients. The collaboration involves integrating Exaforce technology directly into KDDI’s existing managed security service offerings.
Why it matters
Multinational organizations are increasingly seeking to operationalize agentic AI within security operations to address complex threat landscapes. This partnership scales that integration by embedding specialized AI capabilities into the established infrastructure of a global telecommunications provider.
The Exaforce platform utilizes a real-time knowledge graph—a structured data model representing relationships between entities—paired with Multi-Model AI. This architecture enables the automated management of security tasks compared to traditional, manual SOC (Security Operations Center) workflows.
The players
KDDI
A global telecommunications corporation providing managed security services and IT infrastructure to enterprise customers.
Exaforce
A developer of agentic SOC platforms utilizing knowledge graphs and multi-model AI for security automation.
The details
The platform functions as an agentic SOC, meaning it uses autonomous software agents to perform security analysis and response tasks without human intervention. By incorporating a knowledge graph, the system continuously maps the relationships between network events and potential threats to identify patterns. The Multi-Model AI component refers to the use of several integrated machine learning models working in tandem to process diverse data types within the security environment.
Timeline
September 23, 2026: KDDI and Exaforce announced the formal partnership.
The Tech Race
This move reflects a broader industry push to transition agentic AI from research labs into the foundational architecture of managed security services. It positions KDDI to compete against other service providers currently racing to replace manual legacy SOC processes with autonomous, AI-driven alternatives.
Enterprise customers operating in the U.S. and EMEA will gain access to these integrated security tools through KDDI's existing service portals. The transition will likely change workflows for internal security teams as autonomous agents begin handling high-volume, repetitive detection and response tasks.
The takeaway
The partnership signals that agentic AI is maturing into a standard component of professional security service delivery. Watch for future performance metrics reported by KDDI’s enterprise clients to gauge the real-world effectiveness of these autonomous agents against legacy manual security systems.
Further reading
Explore the ongoing shift toward autonomous system integration in our Artificial Intelligence section.
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