Outpost24, an on-demand vulnerability management solutions company, has opened an office in Johannesburg to service what it says is the growing demand for vulnerability management and assessment solutions across the region.
“We are excited that Outpost24 has extended its global reach to include a local presence in SA,” says Barry Gonsalves, head of the new Outpost24 office.
“This presence offers businesses and partners access to global expertise and support of best in breed information security solutions. The ever-increasing global competitiveness and dependency on IT subjects South African companies to an increased number of cyber threats.
“Companies now have the ability to take a proactive stance in protecting themselves against vulnerabilities rather than waiting for an occurrence, thus taking action prior to threats occurring.”
Menachem Harari, business development manager at Outpost24, adds: “In continuing with our strategic international expansion, country-by-country roadmap; Outpost24 is now set to enter into Africa with a commitment to offer our vulnerability management expertise to the local market.
“This expansion is strengthened by implanting top-notch well qualified local staff that understand the customers and their needs."
The company has already unveiled a Web Application Scanner, a product designed to address a critical security challenge facing organisations today. It aims to enable both internal and external scanning, allowing organisations to scan thousands of public and custom Web sites and Web applications in order to identify vulnerabilities and their remedies.
"Politically motivated or otherwise, Web attacks are a looming threat for organisations today," says Anders Persson, CEO of Outpost24.
"Organisations need to focus their security efforts on defending their networks from both, Web server flaws, as well as the more high-risk and complex threats found within Web applications, otherwise, they run the risk of leaving themselves vulnerable to attack. Hopefully, as this issue moves further into the media spotlight, organisations will come to realise the importance in safeguarding against it."
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