L-R: Chief Technology Officer, Eat’N’Go Limited, Mr Vipin Chawla; Deputy Chief Information Officer, African Alliance Insurance, Mr Opeyemi Okesola; Business Group Director, Security and Modern Workplace, Microsoft, Mr Pratik Roy; and Group IT Manager, Dufil Prima Foods Limited, Mr Dele Adeyemo, during the 2020 Cyber Africa Summit in Lagos… on Tuesday.
…Security remains Microsoft’s top priority to protect customers against today’s biggest threats as well as address emerging threats
Microsoft on Tuesday reaffirmed its commitment of providing organizations with a trusted and secure environment within which to digitally transform. The statement was made to customers at the 2020 Cyber Africa Summit which brought together over 300 IT industry leads, professionals in associated risk, compliance, cyber law and forensics fields to share ideas around trends, cybercrime and related challenges and solutions to the latter in Nigeria.
As security threats become more complex, companies going through transformation in order to compete with digital native startups are increasingly finding that the intelligence and threat protection tools they need to remain a step ahead of attackers are in the cloud. These are the IT transformation components to support the business’s digital transformation that will provide both challenges and opportunities for information security. While the challenges are significant, there is also a massive opportunity to solve longstanding security problems with this next generation of computing.
To be competitive in the marketplace, businesses are seeking to transform using new powerful technologies. The availability of cloud, mobile, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is fueling major disruptions such as digital native startups leverage this new technology to disrupt longstanding business models and existing organizations are driving digital transformation to adopt the way they engage customers, empower employees, optimize operations, and offer products to customers
“Microsoft has always been at the center of empowering businesses to secure the environment in which they operate in. Our unique insights into the threat landscape creates a hub where all endpoints are protected, attacks stopped, and response time accelerated. We’ve been able to do this through educating through such forums and facilitating our customers move to the cloud – adoption of modern platforms and embracing comprehensive identity, security and management solutions,” says Pratik Roy, Business Group Director, Security and Modern Workplace for Middle East and Africa Multi-Country Cluster (MEA MCC) covering Africa, Levant and Pakistan at Microsoft.
Microsoft’s security solutions housed by the AI capabilities are trained on 8 trillion daily threat signals and the insights of 3,500 security experts. “Our security specific solutions identify and respond to threats 50% faster than what was possible only 12 months ago – a stark indication of not only the pace at which technology advancements are able to evolve, but also insight into an organizations crucial need to keep abreast. Today, Microsoft Security solutions can automate 97% of the routine tasks that occupied defenders’ valuable time just two years ago”, added Pratik.
Microsoft Threat Protection breaks down security silos so security professionals can automatically detect, investigate and stop coordinated multi-point attacks. It weeds out the unimportant and amplifies signals that might have been missed, freeing defenders to work on the incidents that need their attention. With identity protection as a core component designed for Zero Trust.
“For us, participating in the Summit was an invaluable opportunity to connect with experts across the local region – ultimately bridging the gap between leading security solution providers such as Microsoft and other security professionals. We are highly excited for what’s to come, not only from today’s proceedings, but also in impending advancements and breakthroughs as we continue in the fight against cybercrime,” concludes Pratik.