Our strategic approach to security products and solutions in the African market focuses on your most critical assets, mitigating the risks facing your enterprise and bringing you cutting edge security products & solutions that work. If there is a weakness in your IT security system, wouldn’t you prefer to find it before someone else does?
Imagine waking up to discover that your IT system has been hacked, your company’s financial records have been leaked to the media, confidential business plans have been compromised and your employees’ personal files have been posted on the internet. The market suddenly loses confidence in your organization, your share price takes a dive and your directors are found to be personally responsible for inadequate risk management practices. Sounds scary? Is it an extreme example? Perhaps. Even a small scale security breach could leave your business without access to its critical IT system for hours or days.
Every organization uses information and most are dependent on this information because information is an asset that like other important business assets is essential to your business and consequently needs to be suitably protected. This is especially important in the increasingly interconnected business environment where information is now exposed to a growing number and a wider variety of threats and vulnerabilities. Causes of damage such as malicious code, computer hacking and denial of service attacks have become more common, more ambitious, and increasingly sophisticated.
Information Security is not an ‘IT problem’, it is a business issue. Obviously compliance with legal and regulatory requirements is important. It provides a very good reason for reviewing your information security practices but it should not, in itself, be the sole or main driver. If a business wishes to survive, it must adopt a proactive approach towards its security protection, grasp the importance of information security and put in place appropriate measures and processes.
