Global cybersecurity firm launches its biggest centre in Cape Town

An international cybersecurity group, Integrity360, has launched a new security operations centre in Cape Town, the largest of the 16 locations it operates worldwide.

The group has locations in Dublin, Stockholm, Madrid, and Rome. The City of Cape Town said it was “a strong vote of confidence in our city”.

The investment exceeds R55 million and is expected to create approximately 100 additional jobs in time, attracting employees with cybersecurity skills, at a time when South African professionals with such skills are in demand both locally and globally.

“The cybersecurity skills shortage is pervasive the world over,” said Martin Potgieter, regional chief technology officer at Integrity360.

“The best way to retain our local talent is to give them world-class and market-leading opportunities right here at home.

“Integrity360’s investment in a security operations centre is a rare sign of long-term and sustainable growth that benefits both the company and the country it operates in,” Potgieter said.

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City of Cape Town’s mayoral committee member for economic growth, James Vos, who attended the opening said: “Investments like this bring capital, create jobs and connect our people to opportunities in a growing global industry. We want Cape Town to be the easiest place to do business in Africa.

“That means looking at the way we operate as a City and constantly asking: can we make this simpler? Can we make it faster? Can we remove unnecessary barriers?” he said in his speech at the launch event.

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Cape Town became an Integrity360 base two years ago when the group acquired two local cybersecurity businesses – the Grove Group and Nclose – between August 2024 and January 2025.

The new facility will extend round-the-clock monitoring and incident response for customers across Africa and internationally.

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Integrity360 said cybersecurity was more in demand as organisations adopted AI but were also susceptible to AI-driven attacks.

The group argues cyber resilience, the ability to detect, respond to and recover from an attack, is becoming as important as stopping one in the first place.

Integrity360, also expanded into North America earlier this year through the acquisition of Canadian firm Advantus360, part of a broader expansion now spanning Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and North America.

Vos said at the launch event that “Cape Town must be a great place to live, a great place to work and a great place to do business”.

“That means investing in infrastructure, maintaining the systems businesses depend on and planning ahead for the growth of the city.”

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