ARIA Cybersecurity Secures Multiyear Contract to Protect Large South African Cell Tower Provider
Rhea-AI Summary
ARIA Cybersecurity, a CSPi (NASDAQ:CSPI) business, has secured a multiyear contract to deploy its AZT PROTECT solution for one of South Africa's largest cell tower operators through a new reseller partnership with Oryx Industries.
The solution will protect thousands of cell tower sites across South Africa from cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure. AZT PROTECT implements a lock-down approach to safeguard critical infrastructure applications, preventing malware, ransomware, and nation-state-backed attacks.
The AI-based system provides countermeasures to protect vulnerable production control systems, stopping code-based attacks and disrupting techniques used by attackers to gain control. According to Gary Southwell, ARIA's CEO, the solution offers a simple-to-deploy and effective alternative to more complex security options.
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- Secured multiyear contract with major South African cell tower operator
- Expansion into new market segment through strategic partnership with Oryx Industries
- Solution addresses growing cybersecurity threats in critical infrastructure
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This multiyear contract win for CSPi's ARIA Cybersecurity business represents a significant strategic expansion into protecting critical telecom infrastructure in South Africa. The deployment of ARIA's AZT PROTECT solution across thousands of cell tower sites delivers substantial validation for their technology in the critical infrastructure protection market.
What's particularly noteworthy is ARIA securing this contract through competitive differentiation - their solution was selected specifically because alternatives were deemed "less effective and too complex to operate." This competitive advantage could position ARIA favorably for similar deployments across other critical infrastructure sectors experiencing increased cyber threats.
The contract has several strategic dimensions beyond immediate revenue: (1) establishing a new reseller relationship with Oryx for broader South African market access, (2) entering the telecom infrastructure vertical described as a "large new market segment," and (3) demonstrating capability in protecting critical national infrastructure against sophisticated threats including zero-day malware, ransomware, and nation-state attacks.
While financial terms remain undisclosed, the multiyear nature and scale of deployment (thousands of towers) suggest meaningful recurring revenue potential. This contract represents both geographic and vertical market expansion that strengthens CSPi's business foundation in the high-growth critical infrastructure protection space.
This contract represents a strategic market penetration for CSPi in two dimensions - expanding into South Africa's critical infrastructure sector and establishing a foothold in telecom infrastructure protection. The multiyear agreement with one of South Africa's largest cell tower operators provides validated reference architecture that could accelerate similar deployments.
The reseller partnership with Oryx Industries creates a valuable channel relationship in a region experiencing increased critical infrastructure attacks. This go-to-market strategy allows ARIA to leverage local expertise while expanding geographical reach. Cell tower security represents an underserved but essential protection need, as these facilities support broader communications infrastructure for multiple carriers.
ARIA's competitive positioning hinges on deployment simplicity and operational effectiveness - critical factors for infrastructure operators who typically lack sophisticated security operations capabilities. The "lock-down approach" mentioned suggests a zero-trust architecture specifically tailored for operational technology environments.
The contract's strategic timing aligns with escalating threats against critical infrastructure globally. By securing a major reference customer in this vertical, ARIA can potentially build a specialized solution portfolio for telecom infrastructure that could be replicated across similar operators worldwide, creating a scalable growth vector for CSPi beyond this initial deployment.
ARIA AZT PROTECT to stop cyberattacks targeting 1000s of cell tower sites
BOSTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / April 8, 2025 / ARIA Cybersecurity, a CSPi business (NASDAQ:CSPi) and a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions announced a new contract via its new reseller partnership with Oryx to deploy ARIA's flagship solution, AZT PROTECT™, to protect equipment at one of the largest cell tower owners in South Africa.
Oryx Industries is actively promoting AZT PROTECT to a range of customer verticals across South Africa in response to a rise in cyberattacks targeting the country's critical infrastructure. One such vertical is cell tower operators, which support the country's communications infrastructure. A large tower operator with a footprint that spans the entire country recognized the unique capabilities of AZT PROTECT to safeguard its tower facilities against cyberattacks.
AZT PROTECT provides a lock-down approach to protecting critical infrastructure applications from attack. It stops all forms of malware, ransomware, and nation-state-backed attacks on these applications and the operating systems on which they run.
Oryx is working with ARIA to deploy AZT PROTECT to defend these tower facilities from zero-day malware and ransomware, as well as sophisticated cyberattacks.
"ARIA's AZT solution provides this tower operator with a simple-to-deploy, effective solution to protect itself. We are working closely with Oryx and the customer to make it easy to roll protection out as quickly as possible," said Gary Southwell, chief executive of ARIA. "Tower operators need a better approach to protect the underlying infrastructure that hosts multiple cellphone operators. Other solutions considered were less effective and too complex to operate.We are excited to bring AZT PROTECT to this large new market segment."
The AZT PROTECT solution utilizes AI-based countermeasures to stop the attacks as they land on an operation's most vulnerable critical production control systems. These countermeasures lock down critical applications from adulteration while stopping code-based attacks, such as malware and ransomware, from executing. Further, they disrupt the techniques nation-state-backed attackers utilize to land, expand, and then escalate privileges to take control of such systems.
About ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions
ARIA Cybersecurity, a business of CSPi Inc. (NASDAQ: CSPI), recognizes that better, stronger, more effective cybersecurity starts with a smarter approach. Our solutions provide new ways for organizations to protect their most critical assets-they can shield their critical applications from attack with our AZT PROTECT solution, while monitoring internal traffic, device-level logs, and alert output with our ARIA ADR solution to substantially improve threat detection and surgically disrupt cyberattacks and data exfiltration. Customers in a range of industries rely on our solutions to accelerate incident response, automate breach detection, and protect their most critical assets and applications-no matter where they are stored, used, or accessed. Learn more at ARIACybersecurity.com.
Media Contact
Gary Southwell
Chief Executive of ARIA Cybersecurity Inc.
info@ariacybersecurity.com
SOURCE: CSP, Inc.
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