Johannesburg, 15 January 2024 - Exclusive Networks Africa, a global trusted cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure, has signed a distribution agreement with Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, and a key vendor across the global Exclusive Networks Group since 2015.
The distribution agreement will see Exclusive Networks Africa marketing, selling, and supporting Proofpoints entire portfolio of security and compliance solutions across several of its key regions, namely East Africa, West Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.
Email remains the number one threat vector, with cybercriminals consistently using social engineering attacks to target organisations employees and trick them into falling victim to attacks, says Mark Bennett, Senior Director Channel, Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa. Proofpoint protects organisations greatest assets and biggest risks: their people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint integrates a people-centric view into its security platform to easily identify vulnerable users and create a tailored security approach to best protect each individual employee, across multiple cloud platforms.
Anton Jacobsz, Managing Director of Exclusive Networks Africa, clarifies: Through our relationship with Proofpoint, we have partnered with a specialist cybersecurity company that is recognised by Gartner[1] and uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in its offering. Cybersecurity requires speed and Proofpoints use of innovation and disruption to deliver partner value makes excellent logical and business sense. We are very pleased to have found an excellent partner fit with the company.
The agreement enables Exclusive Networks Africa to sell Proofpoints entire portfolio, spanning the companys Aegis Threat Protection, Identity Threat Defense and Sigma Information Protection platforms, which thwart threats across the most critical stages of the cybercriminals attack chain. Fuelled by trillions of detected threat activities sourced from one of the most comprehensive data sets in the industry, Proofpoints AI- and ML-powered innovations equip security practitioners with unmatched visibility, flexibility, and depth to detect and disrupt sophisticated adversaries across their organisations attack surfaces.
Proofpoint analyses more human communications than any other cybersecurity company, continues Bennett, and our partners customers benefit from one of the largest and most diverse global cybersecurity data pipelines across email, the cloud, and mobile computing.
In conclusion, Bennett notes: This extended collaboration with Exclusive Networks delivers first-class cybersecurity protection that meets the needs of all organisations facing todays fast-evolving threat landscape and further enforces Proofpoints commitment to its channel business in Africa and across EMEA as a whole.
For more information, please visit https://www.exclusive-networks.com/za/ or call +27 (0) 11 280 8400. For more on Proofpoints solutions, please visit: https://www.proofpoint.com/uk
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About Proofpoint, Inc.Proofpoint, Inc. is a leading cybersecurity and compliance company that protects organisations greatest assets and biggest risks: their people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyberattacks. Leading organisations of all sizes, including 85 percent of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions that mitigate their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. More information is available at www.proofpoint.com.
About Exclusive NetworksExclusive Networks (Euronext Paris: EXN) is a global cybersecurity specialist that provides partners and end-customers with a unique combination of services and product portfolios via proven routes to market, leveraging the technical know-how of our teams. With offices in over 45 countries and the ability to serve customers in over 170 countries, we combine a local perspective with the scale and delivery of a single global organisation. Our best-in-class vendor portfolio is carefully curated with all leading industry players. Our services range from managed security to specialist technical accreditation and training, while capitalising on rapidly evolving technologies and changing business models. At Exclusive Networks, we believe that everyone has the right to live in a safer digital world based on the most innovative technology. For more information, visit www.exclusive-networks.com
Exclusive Networks is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange (Ticker: EXN).
For more information visit www.exclusive-networks.com.
Contacts:
Exclusive Networks Africa
David Wilson
+27 (0) 11 280 8400
Dwilson@exclusive-networks.co.za
[1] Recognised as a Representative Vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Market Guide for Email Security