OPSWAT and Redington Formed Cybersecurity Partnership
The collaboration targets critical infrastructure across Africa, Türkiye, and the CIS region over the next year.
Updated on Oct. 1, 2026 in Cybersecurity
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OPSWAT and Redington have announced a distribution partnership focused on deploying critical infrastructure security solutions across the GCC, Levant, Türkiye, Africa, and the CIS regions. The initiative aims to address logistical and regional gaps in cyber preparedness for government, energy, and utility sectors.
Why it matters
The partnership addresses significant disparities in cyber readiness, as 36% of organizations in Africa report a lack of confidence in national preparedness compared to 15% in Europe and North America. By combining localized logistics and financing with specialized security hardware, the firms aim to lower barriers to entry for critical infrastructure protection.
The collaboration prioritizes the MetaDefender Kiosk and MetaDefender Optical Diode solutions for securing high-risk environments. These deployments will be supported by Redington's network of over 70,000 channel partners and their existing operations across 40+ global markets.
The players
OPSWAT
A provider of critical infrastructure protection software and hardware solutions specialized in deep content disarm and reconstruction technology.
Redington
A technology distributor and managed services provider holding 440+ brand associations and operating across 40+ global markets.
The details
The partnership focuses on preventing cross-domain threats by using MetaDefender Kiosk—a system that scans and cleans removable media for malware—and Optical Diode, a hardware-enforced solution that ensures one-way data transfer. Redington will leverage its DigiGlass managed services platform to provide the local stockholding, logistics, and financing necessary for deploying this hardware. Meanwhile, OPSWAT will manage the technical certification and enablement of local channel partners to ensure standard implementation across regions.
Timeline
October 1, 2026: OPSWAT and Redington announced the partnership.
2025: The World Economic Forum published the Global Cybersecurity Outlook.
Next 12 months: The companies will recruit and certify partners.
The Tech Race
This partnership follows the findings of the 2025 World Economic Forum Global Cybersecurity Outlook, which identified systemic imbalances in regional cyber defenses. The move marks an effort to accelerate infrastructure hardening in underserved markets that have historically lagged in security adoption compared to North American and European sectors.
Government, energy, and utility sectors in the target regions can expect expanded access to hardware-based security tools that were previously limited by logistics and financing hurdles. Organizations should look for upcoming regional certification workshops and localized support via Redington's DigiGlass service platform.
The takeaway
This partnership bridges the gap between high-end cybersecurity technology and the logistical realities of critical infrastructure protection in emerging markets. Interested partners and stakeholders should track the recruitment pipeline over the coming year to measure the successful adoption rate of these security deployments.
What happens next
The companies will spend the next 12 months recruiting and certifying partners, with a target of securing early customer reference wins across the GCC, Levant, Türkiye, Africa, and CIS regions.
Further reading
For more on the emerging threats facing critical sectors, visit Cybersecurity.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Gulf Daily News Online.
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