TigerLogic Africa is excited to announce a new partnership with Waterfall Security Solutions, a global leader in industrial control system (ICS) and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity. This collaboration will enable TigerLogic to bring state-of-the-art, hardware-enforced OT security to businesses across Africa, ensuring industrial operations remain resilient against ever-evolving cyber threats. For example, energy companies can now safeguard their SCADA systems and critical infrastructure from external intrusions, minimizing operational disruptions and financial losses.
Strengthening Industrial Cybersecurity Across Africa
Industries such as energy, oil & gas, manufacturing, utilities, and critical infrastructure require the highest level of cybersecurity to ensure safe and uninterrupted operations. Through this partnership, TigerLogic will integrate Waterfall’s Unidirectional Security Gateways with its comprehensive cybersecurity and service assurance solutions, allowing customers to securely bridge their IT and OT environments without exposing critical systems to cyber threats.
What This Partnership Means for Our Customers
- Stronger OT Security: Waterfall’s hardware-enforced security prevents external cyber threats from reaching critical systems, offering deterministic protection against ransomware, malware, and advanced persistent threats (APTs).
- Seamless IT/OT Integration: TigerLogic customers will benefit from secure and efficient data flows between industrial networks and enterprise IT without the risks of traditional firewalls.
- Faster Deployment & Regional Support: With TigerLogic’s extensive deployment footprint across Africa, businesses will now have access to fast, local implementation and support for Waterfall’s cutting-edge security solutions.
- Compliance & Regulatory Alignment: Waterfall’s security technology ensures compliance with global and regional cybersecurity standards, including NERC CIP, IEC 62443, and African-specific frameworks such as Nigeria’s NDPR (Nigeria Data Protection Regulation) and South Africa’s POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act), ensuring enterprises meet both international and regional security mandates., helping businesses meet requirements for NERC CIP, IEC 62443, and other critical infrastructure mandates.
Lior Frenkel, CEO and Co-Founder of Waterfall Security, emphasized the importance of this partnership:
“We are delighted to partner with TigerLogic to expand our reach in Africa. Their deep expertise in process safety and automation, combined with our world-class unidirectional security technologies, will help organizations across the continent harden their defenses against modern cyber threats.”
Samuel Chika, General Manager, Solutions at TigerLogic Africa, shared:
“This partnership with Waterfall is a game-changer for industrial cybersecurity in Africa. As digital transformation accelerates across the region, the need for secure, IT/OT convergence solutions has never been greater. By integrating Waterfall’s unidirectional technology into our cybersecurity offerings, we are providing businesses with the strongest level of protection for their critical operations.”
About Waterfall Security
Waterfall Security is a global leader in hardware-enforced OT security. Trusted for over 15 years, Waterfall’s technology guarantees safe, secure, and reliable industrial operations. Their solutions are deployed across power plants, nuclear reactors, oil & gas facilities, refineries, manufacturing plants, and national critical infrastructures, providing a deterministic, fail-safe security approach to today’s evolving OT threat landscape.
