Cybersecurity specialist Exclusive Networks Africa has announced a new local partnership with Akamai Technologies, a cloud company that powers and protects life online, with a view to assisting the organisation to further entrench itself across the African continent. According to Stefan van de Giessen, Security and GSI Lead Africa at Exclusive Networks Africa, the two businesses have already worked together on a significant local project, which saw the successful implementation recently of a microsegmentation strategy for an African telecommunications group. These traditional methods rely heavily on network-based controls that are coarse and often cumbersome to manage, notes Van de Giessen. However, the software-based segmentation element of microsegmentation separates security controls from the underlying infrastructure and provides businesses with the flexibility to extend protection and visibility anywhere. Van de Giessen said: “Microsegmentation is essentially a software-defined network overlay that, through AI intelligence, allows for greater visibility around all assets within the network.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2024 09:03 UTC