Market Trends of Nigeria Data Center Physical Security Industry
IT and Telecom to Hold Significant Share
- Data centers are responsible for maintaining prevention and safety protocols for physical threats. Attackers are becoming smarter and finding elaborate ways to phish information. It is preventable by installing protocols, technologies, and systems to safeguard sensitive data within the company.
- Nigeria is Africa's largest ICT market, accounting for 82% of the continent's telecom subscribers and 29% of internet usage. The mobile services of the country, which include mobile data services, voice services, text and multimedia messaging, and other mobile services, can be operated on mobile networks such as 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G. The increasing smartphone penetration in the country, with mobile plan subscriptions, is fueling the market for mobile services in Nigeria.
- For instance, in February 2023, the Nigerian Communications Commission, the telecom regulator in the country, reported that the number of active mobile telecommunication plan subscriptions in Nigeria reached about 222,571 million in December 2022, which shows the demand for mobile services in the country.
- The demand for telecom data centers is expected to increase with data traffic. This will lead to a major demand for physical security solutions. Data centers can also be considered physically secure if they include features that withstand floods, fires, or other instances of extreme weather.
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Access Control Solutions to Register Significant Growth
- Access control is one of the most efficient and scalable ways of securing data centers. Access control systems impact visitors, staff members, outside contractors, and security personnel within an organization. Changes to these massive systems are considered based on business requirements and risk profiles, and they do not change frequently from year to year.
- Trivest Technologies is an integrated security systems solutions provider. It is a leading specialized ICT company and security technologies provider in Nigeria, delivering security to many leading businesses, including data centers in Nigeria.
- Cloud-based access control is intuitive to use and offers the most flexibility for administrators. Access credentials can easily be granted or revoked from any device or location. User authorization, access points, and data trends are centralized in a single database that is remotely accessible. This is a significant advancement in the physical security industry as it eliminates the need for an on-site IT professional to manage the system. Such key benefits are expected to fuel the popularity of cloud access control in the country.
- With increasing data center construction due to cloud startups, the demand for access control solutions is expected to increase in the country. As per industry experts, there are 80 cloud banking startups in Nigeria, which include Carbon, Kuda, FairMoney, Sparkle, and Brass. The market is expected to grow with the increasing demand for data centers.
