This archive report was first published on 12 September 2019.
Kenya's business landscape is increasingly threatened by sophisticated cyber attacks, with the Communications Authority reporting a 167 percent increase in cybersecurity threats to 10.2 million in the last quarter of 2019.
Internet Solutions has taken a proactive step to combat this growing threat by investing Shs20 million in setting up a Cyber Threat Intelligence Centre. The centre will help companies in Kenya and across Africa develop a risk-based, proactive cyber resiliency strategy to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber-attacks within their IT environments.
According to Dr. Bright Mawudor, Internet Solutions' Head of Cyber Security Services, cyber risk has become a major concern for businesses of all sizes, and CIOs are under increasing pressure from boards to protect their organizations against evolving cyber threats.
'We understand how expensive and complicated monitoring, analysis, and response capabilities needed to keep businesses safe can be, especially with most companies being under pressure to do more with less,' Dr. Mawudor said. 'Therefore, our threat intelligence centre has been set up to help our clients to be cyber resilient in a cost-effective way.'
Operating on a 24/7 basis, the centre will provide a real-time cyber security service tailored to each company, based on Internet Solution's cross-industry expertise. The centre will offer a range of cyber and managed services, including threat monitoring, threat intelligence, data protection, incident response, and more.
Internet Solutions plans to invest an additional Shs30 million in the next 12 months to expand the facilities and hire more cyber security engineers.
