Digimune Appoints Syntech As Sole Distributor For Norton Antivirus In South Africa

May 22, 2023

Digimune Appoints Syntech As Sole Distributor For Norton Antivirus In South Africa. Digimune, the exclusive master distributor for Norton AntiVirus in Africa, has appointed Syntech Distribution as its sole channel distributor for the security giant’s solutions in South Africa.

Norton AntiVirus is dedicated to keeping people around the world safe and secure through its award-winning products and services and has cemented its position as the global leader in consumer cybersecurity.

Through this partnership, resellers registered with Syntech Distribution can now buy industry-leading core security products from Norton. “Around the world, cybercrime is getting out of hand,” says Simon Campbell-Young, a director at Digimune. “In fact, a recent Cisco report that surveyed 1 006 South African consumers aged 16 and up revealed that 74% are concerned about their connected devices being hacked.”

Unfortunately, too many are not taking the necessary precautions to prevent this. For example, nearly three-quarters (73%) said they often send work e-mails on personal devices, and another 69% have used public networks when doing their jobs. Alarmingly, a staggering 99% claim to share one or more connected devices with others. Another report by Accenture from 2020 claimed that South Africa had the third-highest number of cybercrime victims globally, at a cost to the economy back then, of R2.2-billion annually.

Campbell-Young says there are several possible reasons for this. “It could be that bad actors believe that South Africans don’t have the right cybersecurity tools in place. It could also be that they have a false sense of security and don’t think they are a compelling target for attackers. However, nothing could be more removed from the truth.”

“When one of our resellers purchases a Norton product, they’re able to utilise our brand-new digital redemption tool to access their product keys,” says Ryan Martyn, sales and marketing director at Syntech Distribution. “Since much of the market has moved away from physical software purchases to online distribution, we wanted our resellers to be able to easily redeem their Norton codes or send them directly to their customers online.”