Data Center Security in 2026: The Full Solution Stack from Softprom for the Caucasus and Central Asia

News | 28.07.2026

The Caucasus and Central Asia are living through the biggest infrastructure boom in their digital history: Kazakhstan signed a $10 billion package of agreements with Firebird and NVIDIA and is building the Data Center Valley in Ekibastuz with 100,000 GPUs, while Uzbekistan is constructing $3–5 billion of "green" data centers with DataVolt and launching the region's first AI-optimised data center in New Tashkent by the end of 2026. Every new megawatt is three risk surfaces at once: physical, network and cyber. Softprom — a value-added IT distributor since 1999, operating in 33 countries with 120+ vendors across five practices: cybersecurity, cloud services, IT infrastructure, security systems, CAD and graphics — assembles the complete data center protection stack from a single source.

Data center protection is a three-layer architecture: physical security (video surveillance, access control), infrastructure monitoring (cable runs, power, climate) and cybersecurity (IT and OT segments, data, encryption keys).

The Stack by Layer — the Full Portfolio Proposition

All solutions are available in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia; exceptions are footnoted. Vendors in each row are listed alphabetically.

Layer / risk	Solutions from the Softprom portfolio
Physical perimeter unauthorised access to server halls	Hanwha Vision (cameras)³, Incoresoft (video analytics), Milestone (VMS), Suprema (biometric access control)⁵
Cabling and network infrastructure network degradation, downtime	Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise¹, Belden (industrial cabling systems)
Traffic visibility blind spots at data center speeds	cPacket, Gigamon, NETSCOUT (NPMD), Niagara Networks, Profitap
Infrastructure monitoring power, climate, SLA	Centerity (unified IT+OT monitoring), STULZ (precision cooling)⁴
OT systems: cooling, power, access attacks on industrial controllers	Claroty (OT/ICS visibility and protection), GREYCORTEX (NDR for OT), Waterfall Security (unidirectional gateways)⁶
Network protection DDoS, attacks on the network edge	Barracuda (NGFW), Cloudflare, Forcepoint (NGFW), Radware⁴, TR7
IT attack surface vulnerabilities, shadow assets	Cymulate (security validation), Rapid7 (exposure management), RedSeal (network modelling)
Staff and contractor access privileged sessions, remote access	Claroty SRA, CyberArk, Portnox (NAC/ZTNA), Segura (PAM), TeamViewer Tensor
Data center SOC event correlation, response	Google SecOps, Logsign, NetWitness, NXLog (log collection), SecureGate, Stellar Cyber (Open XDR)
Data and keys compromise of customers' data	Fortanix (key management), Thales (encryption, HSM)
Backup and storage data loss in an incident	Arcserve², Cloudian (S3 storage), HYCU, Synology⁶
Virtualisation and platforms workload consolidation	AWS, Broadcom (VMware)², Google Cloud, Parallels

¹ Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise — Armenia, Kazakhstan. ² Arcserve, Broadcom — Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. ³ Hanwha Vision — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan. ⁴ Radware, STULZ — Azerbaijan. ⁵ Suprema — Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. ⁶ Synology, Waterfall Security — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan.

Why "We'll Add Security Later" Doesn't Work in a Data Center

A data center is where physical and cyber meet literally: an attack on the cooling system stops a GPU cluster as reliably as ransomware. All three layers must be designed together — and in a region where 2026 has been declared the Year of Digitalisation and AI (Kazakhstan created a dedicated ministry, and AI laws in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have been in force since January 2026), the window to "design it right the first time" is open now.

What Softprom Gives Partners in the Region

30+ certified engineers: pre-sales, architecture audit, pilots.
A demo lab for testing the stack before procurement.
Local teams: offices and managers in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

FAQ

With the design: the physical perimeter, the OT segment and IT protection are built into the architecture together — not added after launch.

OT means cooling, power and access controllers; they cannot be patched like servers, so passive visibility is required (Claroty).

Yes: Softprom supplies solutions for all three layers in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia — with engineering support.

Data-level encryption and key management (Fortanix, Thales HSM) plus backup (Arcserve, Cloudian, HYCU).

An initial architecture audit with a demo — from two weeks; request it via the Softprom office in your country.

As a value-added IT distributor since 1999, Softprom supports data center projects across the region with architecture audits, a demo lab and 30+ certified engineers. Request an architecture audit for your project today.

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