Obscure Technologies’ CTO Francois van Hirtum.

Cybersecurity specialist Obscure Technologies has been appointed distributor for cyber exposure company Tenable in an agreement that covers twenty-six countries in Africa.

Obscure Technologies consists of cybersecurity experts who specialise in brokering best-in-class security solutions into the African market.

According to Tenable the company services approximately 40,000 organisations globally, including 60% of the Fortune 500 and 40% of the Global 2000, as well as government agencies.

Obscure Technologies’ CTO Francois van Hirtum said, “Tenable arms its customers, regardless of the size of their organisation, with the breadth of visibility into cyber risk across the modern attack surface (including OT, AD, Cloud) with the depth of analytics to communicate cyber risk in business terms to enable better strategic security decisions.

“This is an astute approach to mission critical issues for all businesses. It cuts to the heart of today’s cyber-threat landscape. It is Tenable’s vision to empower all organisations to understand and reduce their cybersecurity risk in an age when it is one of the existential threats of our time. They are pioneering a new approach and Obscure Technologies is excited to be part of this drive.”

Van Hirtum said, “Tenable is helping businesses to rethink how they secure the modern digital enterprise. Tenable.io, is the world’s first Cyber Exposure platform, that arms businesses with the visibility to see their entire cyber-attack surface, at all times. It is a powerful tool for business leaders, leaving them to focus on running their companies safe in the knowledge that their cybersecurity is taken care of.”