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.
Professional Services
PS is responsible for:
Client on-boarding
Security solutions (SIEMs & EDRs) availability, optimization, and engineering
Fortress IT infrastructure functionality and availability
Automation and Engineering
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.
Data Analytics and Reporting
The Data Analytics & Reporting Team (DART) gives report that helps our client understand what is going on in their environment.
Training
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.
Gain unmatched cyber edge
with an African-based threat intelligence network and deception technologies that harness the best, military-grade tactics, and methodologies of cyber warfare.
Leverage the latest technologies
and world-renowned cyber security tools to build your cyber resilience.
Boost incident response effectiveness
with analysts probing for threats round the clock, and an unmatched local SLA and in-country IR/CERT team.
Obtain best-in-breed cyber security
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.
Maintain continuous compliance
Whether Central Bank regulations, PCI DSS or GDPR compliance – with our local ISO27001 certified SOC your compliance requirements are easily met.
Access state-of-the-art SOC as a service
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.
Be part of the fastest growing Pan-African Cyber Community
Get first-hand exclusive insights, experience and best practices for a stronger security posture that is relevant to the region and its culture
Possibly the largest incident response team in Africa
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.
Cyber Security Management
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