Nairobi · Dubai · Africa region

Cybersecurity solutions and AI advisory for Africa's regulated enterprises.

Maliwatt Technologies helps banks, financial institutions and critical enterprises evaluate technology with rigour, architect defensible security, and adopt AI without inheriting its risks — grounded in the regulatory realities of Kenya, Nigeria and the wider region.

VENDOR EVALUATION · SECURITY ARCHITECTURE · CLOUD AUDIT · AI GOVERNANCE

CBN GUIDELINES NDPA 2023 PCI DSS v4.0 SWIFT CSP KENYA DPA 2019 ISO/IEC 27001

What we do

Advisory that produces decisions, not just documents.

Every engagement ends in something your board, regulator or engineering team can act on — an evaluation verdict, a reference architecture, an audit finding, a blueprint.

Vendor & Technology Evaluation

Independent, structured procurement support for security platforms.

  • RFP development & compliance matrices
  • Weighted evaluation workbooks
  • MDR, SOC & SASE platform selection

Security Architecture & Engineering

Enterprise designs built for regulated, high-availability environments.

  • Next-gen firewall & dual-site HA design
  • Segmentation & zero-trust networking
  • Multicloud security architecture

Cloud & Infrastructure Audit

Formal, terms-of-reference-driven audits of cloud estates and platforms.

  • Cloud configuration & posture review
  • Audit questionnaires & evidence frameworks
  • Findings with remediation roadmaps

Compliance Blueprints

Submission-grade security programmes anchored to the frameworks that govern you.

  • CBN, NDPA 2023, PCI DSS v4.0, SWIFT CSP
  • Discovery questionnaires & maturity dashboards
  • Bank & neobank reference blueprints

AI Security & Governance

Adopt LLMs and agentic systems with controls designed in from day one.

  • LLM & agentic AI risk assessment
  • AI vendor landscape evaluation
  • Responsible-AI policy for financial services

vCISO & Advisory Retainers

Senior security leadership on demand, sized for regulated African institutions.

  • Board & regulator-ready reporting
  • Programme & roadmap ownership
  • Incident readiness oversight

Artificial intelligence

AI is now part of your attack surface — and your defence.

We work on both sides of the equation: securing the AI your organisation adopts, and applying AI to strengthen how you defend.

Security for AI

Before an LLM, copilot or agent touches customer data or core systems, it needs the same rigour as any other critical platform.

  • Threat modelling for LLM & agentic deployments
  • Data protection alignment (NDPA, Kenya DPA)
  • Guardrail, evaluation & monitoring design
  • AI vendor security due diligence

AI for security

Applied pragmatically, AI compresses detection, triage and reporting — we help you separate genuine capability from marketing.

  • AI-augmented MDR & SOC evaluation
  • Exposure & threat-intelligence automation
  • Detection engineering with ML-assisted tooling
  • Capability benchmarking across vendors

How we work

A disciplined path from question to deliverable.

01

Discover

Structured questionnaires and stakeholder sessions establish scope, context and constraints.

02

Assess

Maturity scoring, gap analysis and evidence review against the frameworks that apply to you.

03

Design

Architectures, evaluation models and blueprints — reviewed with your technical and risk teams.

04

Deliver

Submission-grade documentation, executive briefings and a roadmap your teams can execute.

Who we serve

Built for environments where the regulator is in the room.

Commercial banks

Tier-1 and mid-tier institutions navigating CBN, CBK and cross-border obligations.

Neobanks & fintech

Digital-first institutions that need enterprise-grade security without enterprise drag.

Media & enterprise

Broadcasters and large enterprises securing cloud estates and content platforms.

Public sector & infrastructure

Institutions aligning to national data-protection and digital-sovereignty agendas.

Start a conversation

Tell us the decision you're trying to make.

Whether it's a procurement you need to run defensibly, an audit you need to commission, or an AI initiative your board is asking about — we'll tell you plainly what it takes.

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sales@maliwatt.io

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Nairobi, Kenya · Dubai, UAE — serving the Africa region

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