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that Ecobank keeps up with the latest trends by ensuring its security functions operate at full capability . “ We have recently upgraded our main firewall systems and have the latest checkpoint software . It ’ s so important to us that we ’ re as secure as possible .”

Since it was first established in 1985 , Ecobank has gone from operating solely in West Africa to holding offices in 36 countries across the continent .

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says Mkandawire . “ We have internal information security awareness trainings campaigns and also have partners that help us too , such as McAfee who help us with advanced SIEM systems that monitors security threats and guide us on how to prevent , detect and recover from attacks . Most of our security standards and frameworks have been adopted by Microsoft , IBM and McAfee so we have lots of support .”

With digital enhancements being implemented on an ever-changing basis , Mkandawire considers it vital

— Lusungu Mkandawire Country Head of Information Security , Ecobank Transnational

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