Why cybersecurity is so attractive to telecom operators

Posted Apr 9, 2023, 8:56 AMUpdated on Apr 9, 2023, 10:32 AM

From network security to cybersecurity, there is only one step… The four main French telecom operators have now all taken it. By launching in early April through its subsidiary Free Pro,Iliad was the latest to take on this booming market as the cyber threat escalates. First to arrive on this front, in 2014, Orange Cyberdefense already employs 3,000 experts and has just announced that it wants to recruit nearly 800 in 2023, for the second year in a row.

SFR ​et Bouygues Telecom are not to be outdone, with their subsidiary dedicated to business telecoms. This voluntarism owes nothing to chance. “The links are quite logical between the traditional connectivity activities of operators and cybersecurity,” notes Alexis Jouan, analyst at Xerfi and author of a recent market study.