About Us

Global Standard, Local Expertise...

Fortress was founded to address the tremendous challenges in protecting organizations from cyber-attacks across Africa.

The ever-increasing cyber threats, risks and exploits along with the global shortage of cyber security experts especially in African market where the foundation on which Fortress was established to solve a problem but has grown to become the major Cyber Security firm in Nigeria, and across Africa.

Our Services are divided into 2 major silos: Threat Detection and Threat Response which give our customers the flexibility and agility in the detection phase but also give them the capacity to swiftly respond to any threat or incident in a manner that minimize or eliminates the impact of the cyber-attack/ exploit on the organization or business.

Fortress solutions are modular and serve both large and mid-size companies, enabling them to focus on their core business knowing that their cybersecurity posture is rock solid and ever improving.

Our Vision

To create the most trusted Cyber Security defense Ecosystem for organizations across Africa.

Our Mission

To deliver superior Cyber Security Services and expertise against any form of Cyber threat, harm, or exploitation, in the highest standards, technologies and with the Passion to be the best every day.

Our Departments

Operations

Operations department is the heart of the SOC. It oversees the non-stop monitoring of customer network/critical systems, alerts on both suspicious and malicious activities, and responds to security incidents as well as implement strategies to prevent/mitigate such incidents such as breaches, from occurring.

PS is responsible for:

  • Client on-boarding

  • Security solutions (SIEMs & EDRs) availability, optimization, and engineering

  • Fortress IT infrastructure functionality and availability

Automation and Engineering also known as SOAR (Security Orchestration Automation and Response) is a team that is focused on integrating and automating SIEM and EDR rules as incidents to our ticketing platform. In addition, the team also builds and develops workflows to provide step by step response to alerts for analysts.

The Data Analytics & Reporting Team (DART) gives report that helps our client understand what is going on in their environment.

The training department offers uncompromising , cost-effective, and engaging cyber security educational experience that encompasses everything a security expert should know to increase individual and organizational productivity, combined with real-world hands-on experience. that enhances knowledge and develop skills.

Certification

Fortress places great emphasis on the quality, reliability, and security of the services it offers. We do business in full compliance with the International Standards on Information (ISO) quality and security and has been certified under ISO 27001

Our Values

Fortress places great emphasis on the quality, reliability, and security of the services it offers. It does business in full compliance with the International Standards on Information (ISO) quality and security and has been certified under ISO 27001

Trust

Service Excellence

Reliability

Innovation

Open, Honest Communication

Your Defense Against Cyber Attacks

Fortress Africa is closing the ever-growing gap between cyber needs and the resources to  address them by training hundreds of African cyber security specialist annually – and  employing the very best of them. With strong local presence and an unmatched cyber  intelligence network, the company possesses a true understanding of Africa’s unique  threatscape, local cybercrime motivators, and attackers’ MO.

Why Us?

Get exclusive on-premise or near-premise teams

with unmatched response capabilities  customized for Africa’s unique cyber  threatscape.

with an African-based threat intelligence  network and deception technologies that  harness the best, military-grade tactics, and  methodologies of cyber warfare.

and world-renowned cyber security tools to  build your cyber resilience.

with analysts probing for threats round the  clock, and an unmatched local SLA and  in-country IR/CERT team.

to ensure your critical business IT assets  and/or chain supply is well monitored and  protected against any form of cyber threats,  exploits or harm for business continuity.

Whether Central Bank regulations, PCI DSS or  GDPR compliance​ – ​with our local ISO27001  certified SOC your compliance requirements  are easily met.

with dozens of cyber analysts and  incident responders providing in- country 24/7  protection to business and IT assets. Get  immediate protection while building your  internal skill set and capacity.

Get first-hand exclusive insights, experience  and best practices for a stronger security  posture that is relevant to the region and its  culture

Our team employs the latest and most advanced technologies and cyber tactics to provide unmatched minimal response time and effectiveness. Our security experts can help accelerate investigations, minimize cyber as well as business risk and improve cyber posture.

Fortress Africa’s report team is producing dynamic comprehensive reports that provide CISOs and their teams unmatched visibility into their organization’s security maturity.
These weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports consist of 3 dashboards that incorporate information from hundreds of attributes in order to illustrate organizational security maturity score, industry benchmark (how do you rank among your industry), and global benchmark. The reports contain a dynamic simulator that allows IT leaders to gain actionable insights to improve their scores – essentially it is a sophisticated planning tool for maximizing cyber resilience