Johannesburg, 01 Feb 2016
Gemalto, the leading supplier of data security solutions, has appointed IndigoCube as a partner in the southern Africa region. The two companies will kick off their collaboration with a joint Data Security Summit on 3 March, at the Radisson Blue Gautrain Hotel, in Johannesburg.
"Data security is a hot topic in a business environment that increasingly relies on data to meet customer expectations and develop new products and services, and that is under ceaseless cyber attack," says Godfrey Kutumela, head: Security Division at IndigoCube. "We are delighted to be partnering with one of the globe's leading companies in this field to bring a new generation of dynamic security to South African business."
Gemalto purchased SafeNet, a leader in data and software protection, in 2014, to complement its digital services suite of offerings. Gemalto's security offerings fall into two broad categories: user authentication and encryption.
Kutumela says the challenge of data security is particularly acute in today's increasingly open business environment, in which applications often developed by third parties are increasingly important as a way to take goods and services to market.
"The emphasis has to shift to authenticating users and securing the databases themselves, and here Gemalto's tools are critical," he says. "A particular focus will be SAP, where the database cannot simply be encrypted. Gemalto's unique ability to tokenise the data instead of encrypting it offers a way to properly secure data held in SAP systems."
Laurence Elbana, Channel Manager for Middle East & Africa at Gemalto, agrees: "South Africa's large installed base of SAP presents a distinct opportunity for Gemalto. Teaming with an application security specialist like IndigoCube opens up exciting opportunities to help these companies protect their data assets without affecting the flexibility and performance they expect from SAP."
To register for the Data Security Summit on 3 March, contact marketing@indigocube.co.za.
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