Established in 1976 by 36 member States of the African Union and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), The African Reinsurance Corporation (AFRICA RE), the leading reinsurance company in Africa and the Middle East, is a pan-African financial institution whose shareholding is split between African (75%) and Non-African (25%) investors. African shareholding comprises 41 African states, the AfDB and more than 100 African insurance/reinsurance companies from the 41 member countries. Headquartered in Lagos (Nigeria), Africa Re has a continental network of regional and local offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Casablanca (Morocco), Nairobi (Kenya), Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Ebène (Mauritius), Cairo (Egypt) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) as well as two subsidiaries: Africa Re (South Africa) Ltd in Johannesburg and Africa Retakaful Ltd in Cairo (Egypt).
The Corporation is currently in the process of implementing a set of technical security controls that comprise of Network Access Control (NAC), Virtual Private Network (VPN), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA/2FA) and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) solutions. All the above-mentioned security controls will be implemented in a tightly integrated fashion.
The main objective of this project is to strengthen the Corporation’s cybersecurity defense mechanisms and efficiently reduce the network attack surface on the information system assets through a robust security management of users and guests connecting to our systems as well as monitoring and management of privileged access within the Corporation.
Vendors with necessary technical skills, experience and business knowledge are invited to submit their best proposals accordingly to the tender process described below. Below is an overview of Africa Re’s current network infrastructure:
• Africa Re currently has two (2) data centers: the primary datacenter and disaster recovery site.
• Africa Re’s operational network includes the Lagos (HQs) and seven Production Centers (Cairo, Casablanca, Abidjan, Nairobi, Addis-Ababa, Mauritius, and Johannesburg) with active users in these sites.
• The connectivity between Africa Re HQs and branches is through IPSec VPN.
• The proposed maximum number of VPN and NAC users is 400.
• Current number of unmanaged devices for Pulse Profiler such as IP-Phones, CCTV, Printers, Scanners, etc. is 200.
• Total number of switches that the proposed NAC solution will support is 30 switches (the switch manufacturer is Cisco).
• The operating systems on endpoints i.e. PCs and mobile devices in Africa Re environment is a mix of Windows, MAC OS, Linux, iOS and Android.
• Africa Re currently use Office 365 services for about 350 users.
• Africa Re currently use Microsoft Intune MDM solution, i.e. the solutions proposed must integrate with Microsoft Intune.
• Core business applications include: Oracle ERP E-Business applications and other application solutions.
• The total number of privileged accounts to be licensed for the privileged identity management solution is 25.
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