NEWS
Africa Data
Centres Nairobi
becomes PCI
DSS compliant
South Africa security
awareness company wins
international award
A
frica Data Centres Nairobi (formally
known as East Africa Data Centre) has
announced that it is officially Payment Card
Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
compliant. The company is now the first
neutral data centre to be certified PCI DSS
in Nairobi, and this, together with Uptime
Institute Tier III and ISO 27001 certification,
is an industry-first edge in East Africa.
“Our Nairobi Africa Data Centre facility
now meets all of the necessary security
requirements prescribed by the PCI DSS,”
said Stephane Duproz, CEO of Africa Data
Centres. “This means that over and above
the access controls for our actual facility,
we are PCI compliant and able to offer our
customers trusted and secure support for all
credit card transactions processed online.”
Dan Kwach, General Manager East Africa
for Africa Data Centres added: “At Africa
Data Centres, we believe that facilitating an
environment where security and compliance
are integral to everything we do, and not
simply another hassle, is key to our success.
“When it comes to security, every standard
and measure helps, and while there is no
silver bullet, ongoing compliance checks
when done appropriately help to harden
the environment and improve the security
posture of the facility. This is the cherry on
the top for us, as we are already ISO 27001
certified, and conduct regular surveillance
audits to ensure we remain compliant.”
Popcorn Training has been recognised as
a Gold Winner in the Security Awareness
category for the 11th Annual 2019
Golden Bridge Awards
S outh Africa based Popcorn Training
– a KnowBe4 company – has been
recognised as a Gold Winner in the
Security Awareness category for the 11th
Annual 2019 Golden Bridge Awards. deployments, product management,
public relations, marketing, corporate
communications, international business,
and customer satisfaction programmes
from every major industry in the world.
The company was also awarded silver
prize in the Security Awareness Computer-
Based Training category in the 14th
Annual Network Products Guide’s 2019
IT World Awards. “The award was for our ‘StandUps 4
Security’ series where we produced
security awareness modules in
collaboration with South African
comedians, inspired by a real-life event
when a comedy club was hacked,” said
Anna Collard, CEO, Popcorn Training.
“We worked with exceptional comedic
local talent to tell locally relevant
security stories and the fact that
these have become internationally
recognised and acknowledged is a huge
achievement for us.”
The coveted annual Golden Bridge
Awards programme encompasses
the world’s best in organisational
performance, innovations, products and
services, executives and management
teams, women in business and
the professions, innovations, best
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