GMO Internet, Inc. (President and CEO: Masashi Ito, hereinafter GMO Internet), a member of the GMO Internet Group, will standardize EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) (Note 1) security monitoring on its "GMO GPU Cloud" managed HPC clusters starting Wednesday, July 1, 2026. In collaboration with the SOC (Security Operation Center) (Note 2) services of GMO Cyber Security by Ierae, Inc. (President and CEO: Makoto Makita, hereinafter GMO Cyber Security by Ierae), AI infrastructure will be monitored 24/7/365 at no additional cost. By having GMO Cyber Security by Ierae's SOC handle security monitoring and analysis, the risk of unauthorized access and resource misuse targeting sensitive intellectual property such as training data and proprietary models in AI development will be continuously reduced through a multi-layered defense system of EDR and SOC. Customers can focus on development and research with peace of mind under a 24/7/365 security monitoring system by expert analysts. (Note 1) EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) is a security solution that detects, analyzes, and responds to threats in real-time on endpoints such as PCs and servers. (Note 2) SOC (Security Operation Center) is an organization or facility specializing in security monitoring, analysis, and response. [Background of Service Provision] As the development of generative AI accelerates, computing platforms are increasingly positioned as infrastructure handling critical corporate assets. Meanwhile, attacks targeting externally exposed AI services and components are also increasing, necessitating preparedness against the risk of computing resources themselves being misused (e.g., unauthorized resource utilization, data exfiltration). The "Managed HPC Cluster" service of "GMO GPU Cloud" has been providing a managed, pre-configured and optimized Slurm environment (Note 3) to facilitate an environment where customers can concentrate on AI development. On the other hand, there has been a growing demand f