Africa’s Cybersecurity Challenge Is Bigger Than Access to Technology
Rapid7 partners with distributor StarLink to expand managed security operations support across Middle East and Africa markets.
Rapid7's Middle East & Africa regional director argues that cloud, AI and digital adoption in markets like Egypt, Nigeria and Kenya is outpacing security teams' capacity, context and specialist staffing. The piece frames Rapid7's distribution partnership with StarLink as a way to help regional organizations convert existing tooling into faster investigations and more consistent response rather than buying more products.
- Partnership targets Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya and broader MEA markets
- Focus on turning existing tooling into faster investigations and response
- Rapid7 frames Africa's gap as capacity and context, not product access
From the original article
Gopan Sivasankaran is Rapid7's Regional Director, Middle East & Africa. Across Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya, organizations are expanding their use of cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, digital services, and connected operations. But more technology does not automatically create stronger security operations; many security teams are not short on data, but rather on time, context, and specialist capacity.
By Gopan Sivasankaran · rapid7.com
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