Dataproof Communications is a leading IT Services and Consulting Company specializing in cybersecurity operations, best practices, and technologies.

Based in Johannesburg, Dataproof’s mission is to provide first-class cybersecurity solutions to its customers across Africa. It delivers its large base of customers, including African governments and the public sector, with comprehensive cybersecurity solutions and expertise to help protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of their ICT assets.

The continent’s expanding digital economy is rife with growth opportunities, yet this is putting more organizations at risk as threat actors take advantage of an increasing number of attack vectors. In a complex threat environment, Dataproof recognized the urgency to enable its customers to remove unnecessary processes and procedures involved with managing a security information and event management (SIEM) platform. It chose LogRhythm’s managed operations center (SOC) services to provide its customers with complete visibility into their IT environment in a single view.

The rise of advanced persistent threats (APTs) makes it harder for organizations in Africa to stay ahead of emerging risks. Dataproof recognized that one of the top threats still facing its customers is phishing. Attackers are continuously getting more sophisticated and convincing with their methods of attack, causing more organizations to fall victim to data breaches.

With the ever-expanding threat landscape, searching for threats can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. It’s easy to miss the important stuff when there are many threats to keep on top of and not having the right security solution can have detrimental consequences. Dataproof needed a solution to reduce alarm fatigue and enable security teams to focus on the threats that matter instead of chasing false positives.

Dataproof understood that more organizations in the region are looking for simple but powerful managed SOC solutions to drive greater efficiency into their threat hunting activities. It needed a comprehensive and easy to deploy solution that would enable customers to remove unnecessary processes and procedures involved with managing a SIEM platform.

It also recognized that protecting ICT endpoints is just as important as training ICT endpoint users to be the last line of defense against attackers, to maximize organizations’ protection. Therefore, the ICT security industry has recently caught up with the need to create a human firewall against phishing, social engineering, etc.

Dataproof chose LogRhythm’s managed SOC service to provide customers with a set of tools to safeguard data, minimize risk and provide real-time threat detection. This enables analysts to proactively detect, investigate and neutralize threats within a single end-to-end platform.

“With other products analysts have to create their own workflows. They have to design or integrate into another case management, taking up precious time and resources. LogRhythm’s built-in workflows streamline the threat detection process so analysts can easily build repeatable, enabled, and automated workflows that align with their security goals,” said Thapeli Matsabu, CEO at Dataproof. “The best part is that you can integrate everything within one easy to manage solution. LogRhythm SIEM’s unified architecture streamlines deployment and ongoing management to take fighting threats to the next level.”

At the same time, deploying LogRhythm enables Dataproof to provide its customers with an affordable solution to maximize return on investment (ROI).

“Affordability is a key driver in our partnership with LogRhythm. We wanted a solution for our customers that could deliver comprehensive threat detection whilst not breaking the bank. Compared to other solutions on the market, LogRhythm has no hidden costs. The LogRhythm SOC already includes all the options that competitors offer as extras so what you see is what you get. Our customers see the value from day one.”

An All-in-One SOC Experience

A strong cybersecurity defense impacts every organizations’ ability to achieve success. By deploying LogRhythm SIEM, Dataproof benefits from the technology to deliver a high-level, streamlined customer experience. It allows its customers in Africa to navigate threat and compliance challenges with ease.

“LogRhythm’s solution enables us to help our customers to not only protect their environments, but also to comply with necessary audit requirements,” said Thapeli. “Whatever our customer’s audit requirements become our audit requirements. With LogRhythm, it is easy to stay updated with the latest developments.”

Dataproof recognized the value of LogRhythm’s commitment to continuously providing fresh cybersecurity innovation. Partnering with LogRhythm enabled it to deliver the most up to date capabilities for defending against modern threats and solving complex cybersecurity issues in the African IT marketplace.

“I always look forward to seeing LogRhythm’s latest updates. We keep on top of and test these developments in our own lab whenever there is new software so we can ensure our customers are receiving the best possible cybersecurity experience. We have learned a lot working with LogRhythm and look forward to building our relationship with its expert team in the future.”

IT Services and Consulting

• Advanced threat prevention, detection, and response for Dataproof’s customers
• Provided a competitive and affordable solution to maximize ROI
• Gained an end-to-end platform to ease the analyst experience
• Accelerated growth opportunities with a partner-centric model that makes it simple to sell, deliver and manage SOC solutions