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Attivo and Networks
Unlimited bolster security
defences across Africa
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ttivo Networks, the leader in
deception for cybersecurity threat
detection, has announced a strategic
partnership with Networks Unlimited,
Africa’s leading value-added distributor.
With this distribution partnership, Attivo
Networks and Networks Unlimited together
aim to extend comprehensive next-
generation deception-based cybersecurity
defence to customers across the South and
sub-Saharan region.
This agreement with Networks Unlimited
makes it possible for customers operating
in the South and sub-Saharan region to
fortify their security defences to immediately
detect, quarantine and remediate
cyberthreats by gaining easy access to Attivo
Networks’ powerful line of deception-based
tools for actionable defence.
Through its strong partner network, Networks
Unlimited is committed to delivering total
customer satisfaction through fast and
efficient product and service delivery,
easy support access, prompt dispatching
of relevant information and optimised
distribution operations. With Attivo Networks
as part of its portfolio, Networks Unlimited
will provide its customers the opportunity
to leverage the best breed of deception
technology as an additional layer of security
to its critical infrastructure.
According to the International Data
Corporation (IDC) forecasts, worldwide
revenues for security-related hardware,
software and services is expected to grow
to $101.6 billion in 2020. In view of this,
deception is fast gaining acceptance within
enterprises and government agencies in
recognition of its accuracy and efficiency
in detecting in-network threats that
have bypassed prevention and evaded
other detection security controls. Next-
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Ray Kafity, Vice President, Middle East,
Turkey & Africa, Attivo Networks
generation deception technology such as
the Attivo ThreatDefend Platform advance
the deception level well beyond simple
emulations. The environment becomes a
‘hall of mirrors’ that is high interaction, runs
the same operating systems and software
as the production assets, authenticates and
provides the technology to dynamically
refresh or respin after engagement to avoid
attacker fingerprinting.
“As a value-added distributor, it is our core
responsibility to offer advanced solutions
that effectively address the length and
breadth of our customers’ ever-evolving
security concerns,” said Anton Jacobsz,
Managing Director of Networks Unlimited.
“Deception technology is a unique and
modern approach that solves the problems
organisations are facing in the current
cyber climate. These platforms offer the
capability to exercise deception-based
detection throughout every layer of the
network stack, enabling efficient detection
for every threat vector. Utilising high-
Anton Jacobz, Managing Director of
Networks Unlimited
interaction decoys and lures and deception
solutions effectively deceives attackers into
revealing themselves, thereby closing the
detection deficit.”
“Attivo Networks continues to spearhead
groundbreaking deception technology
advancements that restore offensive
advantage back into the hands of the
security team in an organisation,” said
Ray Kafity, Vice President, Middle East,
Turkey and Africa, at Attivo Networks.
“With the onset of widespread use of
Internet-enabled devices, it is time for
each and every organisation to completely
reset and redefine their security posture
by embracing technologies and solutions
that act as an offensive measure to gain
the upper hand against the modern-day
human attacker. Hence, we are extremely
glad to partner with Networks Unlimited
and expand our deployments in South and
sub-Saharan Africa to help organisations
efficiently deceive and captivate the most
sophisticated of attackers.” n
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