NEC XON helps a workforce solutions leader reinvent cybersecurity with an AI-enhanced XDR solution to keep pace with increasingly devious cyberattack techniques, including fileless malware, lateral movement, and credential misuse.

Ransomware attacks rarely begin with chaos. More often, they start quietly, with probing, mapping, and patient reconnaissance inside a target’s network. That was the situation facing a global recruitment firm when cybercriminals attempted to navigate its systems.

South African ICT solutions provider NEC XON is advocating a shift away from fragmented cybersecurity toolsets towards unified platforms, arguing that ‘tool sprawl’ is undermining the effectiveness of enterprise security operations.

Africa’s harshest mines, ports, and industrial parks are no longer bound by range, latency, and interference challenges.

For a leading South African telecommunications operator, identity protection has become a strategic priority as identity-centric attacks proliferate across the industry. The company faced mounting pressure to secure both human and non-human identities across complex hybrid environments.

Africa has reached a significant cybersecurity milestone with the successful deployment of the continent’s largest Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access and Prisma Access Browser Zero Trust environment, supporting secure remote access for more than 40 000 users for a large enterprise in Africa.

Zero Trust Architecture enforces the rule of ‘never trust, always verify’. It changes an organisation’s security posture by assuming that threats exist both inside and outside the perimeter, and it applies to information and physical security.

NEC XON issues a critical cybersecurity warning about the dual threat of massive credential theft and AI-powered cyberattacks sweeping across the region, with an increasing number of incidents and evolving threat tactics.

Advances in facial recognition technology are transforming surveillance from a mere recording tool into an intelligent, integrated system that enhances real-time safety, moving beyond the traditional expansion of CCTV efforts.