Due to the increased vulnerability of African market to cyber threats, Comodo, a leading global cyber security solutions provider has commenced operations to significantly reduce cyber attacks in the continent.
Comodo recently partnered with an indigenous cyber security firm, Tros Technologies Limited, to champion operations in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.
According to the Managing Director, Tros Technologies Limited, Olumuyiwa Awosile, generally, Africa has been confirmed as a butt of cyber attacks because of the growing internet penetration in different African countries.
“Nigeria in particular alongside some other African countries, still remains amongst the top countries at highest risk of cyber attacks in the world as the Africa’s largest economy ranked among top 10 targets in latest Global Threat Impact Indices.” He said.
As a result of this, Awosile explained that the African economy, led by Nigeria, is increasingly going digital by the day, adding that businesses as well as individuals now prioritize online presence for different kinds of production online.
He further explained that the internet is a large network that is open and surpasses what any individual can easily control; stressing that with the openness of the Internet comes the risk as connectivity to Internet brings cyber risks to businesses and individuals.
Also speaking at the unveiling of Comodo in Nigeria in Lagos on Thursday, Team Leader, Web Applications and Security at Tros Technologies, Royal Eke, said that most people, during their operations that involve data online, they often forget or are reluctant to secure these operations which makes them serve in the hand of attackers.
“Another limiting force is ignorance about cyber security and reluctance of businesses to spend on information technology security and technology generally are also responsible for successful cyber attacks on Africa.” Said Eke.
He further said “A lot of challenges are in Nigeria and in Africa generally. The first thing is our slow attitude to cyber security issues while another challenge is the fact we don’t like spending on things that we do not see.
“In contrast, Africans don’t want to spend.. especially when they feel it is not tangible. Whereas software is not visible but they do a lot of works and I think these are areas businesses and individuals need to improve on,” he said.
According to Awosile, Comodo IT and Security Manager provides a single dashboard of activities and their status which allows IT admins to easily act on issues, report on current risk and push changes.
He described Comodo as a complete management system combined with the unprecedented malware protection of Combo’s Default Deny Platform, thereby reducing risks, complexity and provides admins with the resources they need.
“Comodo’s IT and Secuirty Manager allows for the configuration of security policies and visibility into the security posture and health of your enterprise endpoints, while the ITSM Mobile Manager and Inventory Manager allow for the remote positioning, configuration and control of android, IOS and Windows devices, providing the essential Specialized Threat Analysis and Protection (STAP) identified as essential by IDC to ptotect organizations against advanced threats.”
Awosile also recalled that in the past, organizations had to deploy multiple solutions to accomplish these tasks, saying; “today, Comodo has integrated these critical componenets under a single, unified cloud-accessible advanced endpoint protection management platform.
Chinyere Okeke
