Vincent Mabaso, head of channel: Africa at Check Point.
CORPORATE COUP QUIETLY UNFOLDS AS CYBERSECURITY GIANT CEMENTS TERRIFYING AI DOMINANCE OVER ENTIRE CONTINENT. In a SHOCKING power play, Check Point Software has installed Vincent Mabaso as its new African channel overlord, a move industry insiders warn is the first step in a DEEPLY ALARMING plan to lock down the continent’s digital future under a monolithic, ‘prevention-first’ regime.
This is NOT a simple promotion. Mabaso’s mandate is the execution of a radical ‘partner-first’ model—a chilling euphemism for creating a loyalist network that will push Check Point’s unified security platform into EVERY corner of African enterprise. The goal? To make the continent’s cybersecurity infrastructure DEPENDENT on a single corporate vision as the AI-driven economy explodes.
But the REAL horror lies in the THREE secretive, undisclosed-value acquisitions announced alongside this appointment. Cyata, Cyclops, and Rotate weren’t just bought; they were ASSIMILATED. Cyata’s AI agent identity platform gives Check Point the power to DISCOVER, MAP, and ENFORCE policies on AI agents—effectively placing the company as the SOUL-LESS GATEKEEPER of Africa’s AI evolution. This isn’t security; it’s a CORPORATE TAKEOVER of innovation itself.
While Check Point’s Lorna Hardie chirps about “delivering value,” the truth is far darker. With Africa’s MSSP market set to balloon to $1.32 BILLION, the company is positioning itself as the indispensable, AI-powered panopticon—a system where “reducing complexity” means surrendering control. Mabaso’s talk of “empowering partners” is a thin veil for a campaign of digital colonization, where growth is only permitted under Check Point’s watchful, proprietary eye.
The final, unsettling question remains: When a foreign entity controls the security layer of an entire continent’s digital transformation, who exactly is being protected, and from whom? The line between guardian and warden has OFFICIALLY vanished.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
