NEC XON Achieves Palo Alto XMDR Select Specialisation

Combines Palo Alto Networks leading Cortex XDR solution with NEC XON managed services — empowering customers’ security operations

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NEC XON, a leading ICT-systems integrator, has announced it has become a Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XMDR Select Specialisation partner. NEC XON joins a select group of channel partners who have earned this distinction through operational capabilities and fulfilment of business requirements and completion of technical, sales enablement and specialisation examinations.

The Cortex XMDR Select Specialisation will enable NEC XON to combine the power of best-in-class Cortex XDR detection and response solution with their managed services offerings — helping customers worldwide streamline security operations center (SOC) operations and quickly mitigate cyberthreats.  

“We are excited to partner with Palo Alto Networks to help transform the MDR space together. As a Cortex XMDR Select Specialisation partner, we combine the power of best-in-class Cortex XDR with our MDR (Managed Detection & Response) services to relieve the day-to-day burden of security operations for customers with our unique proactive/preventative approach,” said Armand Kruger, Head of Cyber Security at NEC XON. “This achievement confirms our commitment to provide our customers with next-generation security technology and services.” 

NEC XON is a Palo Alto Networks Diamond Innovator partner, with core specialisations such as Cortex XDR, Prisma SASE & Strata. Our MDR (Managed Detection & Response) service allow complete platformisation across all sources to ensure our customers have 360 visibility and cyber threat protection. Proactive threat hunting across our customers’ entire environment ensures that adversarial access points are proactive identified and prevented before any opportunity of risk is present. We offer deployment and management of Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR with a simplified OpEx commercial model, allowing customers to reduce overall bottom-line costs while ensuring proactive cyber protection across their infrastructure. Our MDR (Managed Detection & Response) service allows us to continually monitor our customers’ environment against cyber threats while they can focus on unlocking additional business revenue streams. 

To achieve Specialisation status, Palo Alto Networks partner organisations must have Cortex XDR-certified SOC analysts/threat hunters on staff and available 24/7. Partners seeking this XMDR Select Specialisation distinction must also complete both technical and sales enablement and specialisation examinations. Cortex XMDR Select Specialisation partners combine experienced analysts, mature operational processes and proven customer support with Palo Alto Networks market-leading security products, enabling them to provide customers comprehensive visibility, detection and response across network, endpoint and cloud assets, combined with best-in-class threat prevention and in-depth security expertise.

To learn more about NEC XON, visit: https://www.nec.africa/portfolio.html

About NEC XON
NEC XON is a leading African integrator of ICT solutions and part of NEC, a Japanese global company. The holding company has operated in Africa since 1963 and delivers communications, energy, safety, security, and digital solutions. It co-creates social value through innovation to help overcome serious societal challenges. The organisation operates in 54 African countries and has a footprint in 16 of them. Regional headquarters are located in South, East, and West Africa. NEC XON is a level 1-certified broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) business. Discover more at www.nec.xon.co.za.

Issued by: Michelle Oelschig, Scarlet Letter 
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