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Dell Unifying Fragmented Security Market

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 Dell has unveiled product integrations and innovation within its security portfolio that provide organizations with exceptional protection, and turn security into a business enabler.

Network security, identity and access management and governance, mobile security, endpoint security, and services are today’s organizations’ most critical needs as they fight to keep their networks and data secure, maintain compliance and drive business goals.

For those reasons, Dell said in a press statement released on Wednesday, it now offers identity and access management-as-a-service (IAMaaS), new integrated products such as the Dell Change Auditor for Cloud Storage with Dell Data Protection | Cloud Edition, and is the first to publicly demonstrate 120 Gbps of deep packet inspection (DPI) next-generation firewall (NGFW) architecture.

These solution enhancements help change the culture of compliance within organizations, strengthen the overall security posture to enable easier adoption of technologies like cloud and mobile, and increase business agility, allowing customers to become more efficient and competitive in the marketplace.

The IT security market is highly fragmented, with dozens of “best-of-breed” solutions addressing narrow aspects of security.

Often, companies end up with either a patchwork collection of security products from multiple vendors that have gaping holes between them, or monolithic security frameworks that are inflexible and extremely expensive to administer.

These frameworks operate separately from the business objectives, and still leave gaping holes that must be addressed with yet another security solution from yet another vendor.

Comprehensive portfolio of security solutions built to protect, comply and enable the business

Dell’s approach to security is based on simplicity, efficiency and connectivity that tie together the splintered aspects of IT security into one, modular and integrated solution capable of sharing insights and control across the organization.

It also makes security simpler, so that business users can manage the rules and policies, and end users can easily comply. Dell delivers on this promise with the following new and updated offerings announced on Wednesday include:

Identity and Access Management-as-a-Service: Most IAMaaS offerings are aimed at narrow use cases with an emphasis on the uniqueness of SaaS rather than solving actual, critical IAM pain points.

Dell’s robust One Identity-as-a-Service solution, however, includes not only access control, but also provisioning and governance, making all three tenets of IAM available in SaaS format to companies that prefer to outsource rather than expend resources, staff or budget to deploy an on-premises IAM solution.

Integrations between products across the Dell Security portfolio now include: Dell Data Protection | Cloud Edition (DDP | CE), and Change Auditor for Cloud Storage gives you real-time protection, auditing, and alerting of data uploaded, modified and downloaded from popular cloud storage sites – with zero impact to end users.

Customers can enforce greater encryption capability and IT control for organizations that need to broadly share sensitive data across the organization through Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive.

New Dell Software Suite works seamlessly with Dell clients or across heterogeneous environments to simplify client security, management and delivery.

This solution incorporates Dell Secure Mobile Access to facilitate mobile worker productivity, while protecting organizations from threats by enforcing access control policies that ensure only trusted users, devices and authorized apps are granted VPN access.

Dell’s new password reset feature, soon to be included on all Dell Commercial Client systems, allows end users to reset their own PC password without having to contact IT.

End users simply use the Security Tools Mobile App from their supported smartphone to generate a one-time password. This password securely enables access to their PC credential manager, which empowers them to reset their own passwords, making end users more productive and lowering IT spend for customers.

120 Gbps of deep packet inspection next-generation firewall scalable architecture: The proliferation of mobile devices, use of cloud-based applications, and emergence of big data has caused traffic volumes to rise to unprecedented levels, driving demand for greater bandwidth.

This means that the network security layer also must be highly extensible to support the largest of data centers’ bandwidth consumptions with near zero-downtime, at the lowest possible total cost of ownership (TCO).

Onsite at Dell World, Dell will give the industry’s first demonstration of 120 Gbps DPI NGFWs for carriers and ISPs, a next-generation firewall scalable architecture that enables organizations to scale beyond 120 Gbps DPI performance and gain network simplicity, highest security efficacy and resiliency to solve their most complex and demanding data center operations — all at a low cost.

Matt Medeiros, senior vice president and general manager, Dell Security said, “Even though organizations today spend more than ever before to protect their systems and comply with internal and regulatory requirements, something is always falling through the cracks. With the ever-growing threat landscape continuing to put businesses at risk, companies just can’t afford for that to happen. Dell understands what it takes to protect organizations while allowing IT security to be an innovation driver, rather than an obstacle, so we continue to innovate and integrate our solutions to fill gaps in security and enable organizations to focus on driving their business goals, confident that they’re protected and risk is mitigated.”

On his part, Hemen Vimadal, CEO – Simeio Solutions said, “We recognize Dell’s leadership when it comes to delivering a comprehensive IAM solution, and we are pleased to partner with an industry leader to offer a full-featured Identity as a Service solution to organizations that typically struggle to address IAM needs. The Simeio Business-Ready IAM Cloud delivered via the industry’s first and only Identity Intelligence Center, provides our clients with a higher level of security and reliability.”

 


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NDPC Probes Suspected Data Breach in Examination Centres

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Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has launched an investigation into allegations that the confidentiality and integrity of candidates’ personal data may have been compromised by hackers.

NDPC Probes Suspected Data Breach in Examination Centres

The Commission initiated the inquiry following concerns over possible data breaches during examinations.

Preliminary findings indicate that several examination centres may not have implemented adequate technical and organizational measures to safeguard candidates’ personal information, as required under data protection regulations.

Although the incident reportedly affected 379, 997 candidates, the NDPC’s investigation is poised to cover a systemic audit of data processing and third parties.

It will be recalled that JAMB recently admitted that a technical error on its platform affected a total of 379,997 candidates in 157 examination centres across Lagos and the South-East.

Further investigation led to the arrest of at least 20 suspects who are currently in the custody of the Department of State Services and the Nigerian Police Force.

 

 

 


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Nigeria Among Hotspots as Kaspersky Warns of Rising Ransomware Threat in Africa

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Cyber security firm, Kaspersky, has once again warned that sophisticated cybercriminals increasingly target Africa as ransomware and advanced persistent threats (APTs) escalate across the region.

Speaking at the company’s annual Cyber Security Weekend for the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region, the cybersecurity firm’s Global Research and Analysis Team highlighted growing digital threats affecting African nations.

Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa emerged as hotspots, with Kenya recording one of the highest web threat incident rates at 20.1% in first quarter 2025.

“While ransomware is less prevalent in Africa due to lower levels of digitisation and economic constraints, countries like South Africa and Nigeria are seeing a sharp rise in attacks,” said Sergey Lozhkin, head of META and APAC regions at Kaspersky.

Kaspersky noted a 0.01 percentage point increase in African ransomware cases year-on-year, reaching 0.41%, still below global and Middle Eastern averages, but a troubling sign for the continent’s emerging digital infrastructure.

Experts warned that attackers are refining their tactics, shifting focus to unconventional entry points like IoT devices, smart appliances, and misconfigured hardware.

“As these economies expand digitally, sectors such as manufacturing, finance and government are becoming key targets,” said Lozhkin

The cyber-crime landscape is evolving quickly, fuelled by AI tools and dark web access to large language models, which enable less skilled actors to launch convincing phishing and malware campaigns.

Groups like FunkSec, which uses AI-generated code and a low-cost ransom model, are redefining ransomware operations.

“African organisations face the dual challenge of expanding digital footprints and limited cybersecurity awareness. This makes layered defense strategies, including network segmentation, real-time monitoring and regular staff training, essential,” stated Lozhkin

Kaspersky continues to monitor 25 active APT groups in the META region, including SideWinder and MuddyWater, some of which are known to target African institutions.

To bolster defenses, the firm recommends using tools such as its free Anti-Ransomware Tool for Business and the Kaspersky Next suite for threat visibility and response.

 


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Nigeria Launches Cybercrime Team with Commonwealth, UK Support

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Nigeria recently launched a new joint case team to step up its response to cybercrimes that affect people and businesses at home and abroad.

Nigeria Launches Cybercrime Team with Commonwealth, UK Support

The ‘Joint Case Team on Cybercrime’ brings together Nigeria’s key justice and security agencies to work as one, making it easier to detect, investigate, and prosecute digital offences.

It is supported by the UK National Crime Agency, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and the Commonwealth Secretariat, as part of a wider effort to promote international cooperation on cybercrime.

Speaking at the launch in Abuja, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, minister of justice and attorney general of the federation described the initiative as “a bold and transformative stride in Nigeria’s justice system.”

He said that although Nigeria has a national legal framework to address cyber offences, laws alone are not enough.

Nigeria is among the countries most affected by cybercrime around the world, with increasing financial losses.


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