In late May, BT Group, the UK’s pioneering fixed and mobile telecommunications company, and MTN, the leading African telecommunications company, formed an alliance to offer resilient and secure solutions to businesses in Africa.
Experts agree based on extensive research that over half of African businesses are not sufficiently prepared against large-scale cyberattacks, so this new partnership aims to remedy that concern, as well as enhance existing offerings, by providing not only world-class security but a raft of other communication services to better help business customers across the continent.
New and existing MTN Business customers will have access to a range of solutions, including cloud-based security and consulting, managed connectivity and voice services that will be delivered as part of MTN’s Enterprise portfolio, meeting local regulatory and compliance requirements. And BT’s dedicated customer benefits include their long-established technologies that have serviced international banks, healthcare providers, energy companies and governments.
The first asset of this alliance will be a security operations centre (SOC) service, which will allow customers to continuously monitor and improve their cyber security while preventing, detecting, analysing, and responding to cyber security incidents.
In a statement, BT said the new subscription service, which requires no capital investment and will be immediately available to existing and new MTN customers, is based on its cloud-based Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) service, combining the latest technologies with BT’s history of securing global organisations.
And MTN Business will continue to provide innovative solutions to ensure that the benefits of the digital economy are extended to more people and entities across Africa. However, as this growth occurs, it’s imperative to manage the risks, according to Wanda Matandela, chief enterprise business officer at MTN.
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