NEC XON, a leading pan-African systems integrator and cybersecurity innovator, has officially achieved Palo Alto Networks XMDR (Extended Managed Detection and Response) Partner Status in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), joining an elite group of partners globally recognised for advanced threat detection, response capabilities, and strategic cyber defence.
This achievement validates NEC XON’s deep alignment with Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex XDR platform and its ability to provide proactive, scalable incident response services on behalf of Palo Alto Networks — a capability shared by only a select few providers worldwide.

In a hyper-connected business landscape, “more is better” no longer necessarily applies–especially when it comes to cybersecurity. In fact, the opposite may be true.
 
A recent Gartner survey reports that large enterprises now run, on average, 45 different cybersecurity tools. It sounds impressive—until you realise that this complex web of overlapping systems often creates more problems than it solves. Instead of strengthening digital defences, tool sprawl is quietly weakening them.