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Safaricom Business is reshaping enterprise cybersecurity in Kenya, helping organisations stay secure as the country’s digital economy expands at unprecedented speed. As payments become instant, workforces increasingly remote and infrastructure moves to the cloud, businesses are enjoying new efficiencies—but also facing heightened exposure to cybercrime, fraud and data breaches. In this evolving landscape, Safaricom Business has positioned itself as a trusted partner, delivering robust security solutions that protect operations and strengthen confidence.
Across Kenya, digital transformation is accelerating. Yet with deeper digital dependence comes greater vulnerability. Cybersecurity has emerged as a critical pillar of trust, determining whether enterprises can operate safely, comply with regulations and safeguard their reputations. Safaricom Business addresses this challenge by working closely with organisations to assess risk, close security gaps and build resilient, scalable digital environments.
The threat landscape facing Kenyan enterprises is becoming increasingly complex. System vulnerabilities, AI-driven social engineering, ransomware, payment fraud, and cloud- and IoT-based attacks are now commonplace. For business leaders, cybersecurity is no longer a purely technical issue but a strategic enabler of growth and resilience. Safaricom Business supports enterprises in strengthening their security posture and maintaining trust in an increasingly hostile environment.
The scale of the challenge is stark. Between January and March 2025 alone, Kenya recorded approximately 2.54 billion cyber threat events—a 201.7 percent increase from the previous quarter—according to the Communications Authority of Kenya. Most of these incidents were linked to system vulnerabilities, with unpatched software and infrastructure weaknesses remaining the most exploited entry points. By mid-2025, detected cyber threats reportedly exceeded seven billion, while the 2025 Serianu Cybersecurity Report estimates losses of about KES 29.9 billion to cybercrime, driven largely by payment fraud.
Beyond volume, the sophistication of attacks is intensifying. Enterprises are grappling with AI-powered phishing, deepfake-enabled fraud, ransomware, cloud service exploits and vulnerabilities across expanding IoT ecosystems. These threats pose direct risks to operations, customer trust and regulatory compliance—making inaction an increasingly costly option.
As businesses expand across cloud platforms, e-commerce channels and distributed workforces, cybersecurity must evolve beyond traditional perimeter defences into a continuous, adaptive and holistic model. Safaricom Business has built its cybersecurity portfolio around this reality. Central to its offering is a 24/7 Managed Security Operations Centre (SOC), providing round-the-clock monitoring, real-time threat detection and rapid incident response. This enables enterprises of all sizes to access advanced security capabilities without the burden of building and maintaining in-house expertise.
Cybersecurity has also become a defining business differentiator. Trust, once assumed, is now earned through demonstrable resilience and reliability. A single breach can undermine years of brand equity, disrupt operations and trigger regulatory penalties. Safaricom Business helps organisations mitigate these risks, supporting compliance with data protection and cybersecurity regulations while ensuring continuity and stability.
In a context of rising cloud adoption, IoT deployment and hybrid work, every new digital asset introduces potential exposure. This challenge is compounded by a global shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals, making managed security services an increasingly practical necessity. Safaricom Business fills this gap with comprehensive solutions that allow enterprises to focus on growth while security experts manage the complexity.
Beyond monitoring, Safaricom Business delivers a full-spectrum cybersecurity offering, including proactive threat hunting, endpoint protection, cloud security and advanced fraud detection. These integrated services provide layered defence that adapts as threats evolve, ensuring enterprises remain protected in real time.
Kenya’s digital economy—spanning fintech, e-commerce, logistics and connected infrastructure—continues to unlock significant opportunity, but also attracts cybercriminal attention. By safeguarding digital transactions, customer data and connected systems, Safaricom Business is playing a critical role in securing this growth.
More than a suite of technical tools, Safaricom Business Cybersecurity functions as trust infrastructure. Through continuous monitoring, adaptive protection and compliance readiness, it enables enterprises to operate securely at scale. In a digital-first Kenya where trust underpins success, Safaricom Business is helping organisations remain resilient, competitive and future-ready amid an ever-evolving cyber threat landscape.
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