Westcon-Comstor and BeyondTrust Launch Pan-African Cybersecurity Initiative

• •Westcon-Comstor partners with BeyondTrust to enhance cybersecurity across Africa.
• •The agreement covers 51 countries, focusing on AI security and identity management.
• •Kenya reported losses of USD 225 million to cybercrime in 2025, highlighting urgent security needs.

Westcon-Comstor has entered a pan-African distribution agreement with BeyondTrust to enhance identity security and privileged access management (PAM) solutions across the continent. This partnership aims to address the rising threat of AI-driven cyber attacks, providing local IT resellers with access to BeyondTrust's Pathfinder Platform. The deal covers 51 African countries, excluding Egypt, Libya, and South Sudan, and is designed to enable channel partners to offer high-margin professional services in AI security and identity threat detection. The partnership is a response to significant financial losses due to cybercrime in Africa, with Kenya alone losing approximately USD 225 million in 2025. The collaboration is expected to elevate African cybersecurity infrastructure to global standards, aligning it with frameworks in major cities like London and New York. BeyondTrust's VP John Hathaway emphasized the growing importance of identity security in the current threat landscape, which is increasingly complex due to regulatory pressures and the proliferation of AI identities.