Can zero trust kill our need to talk about locations?

As security professionals, we have acknowledged for over a decade that our data resides outside our network. Yet, we still talk about strategies for protecting the enterprise vs cloud infrastructure, or access management for branch offices vs remote wo… Continue reading Can zero trust kill our need to talk about locations?

SpecTrust raises $4.3M to unify people and data in the fight against cybercrime

SpecTrust, a no-code, risk-defense layer to unify people, data, and technology in the fight against cybercrime, emerged from stealth, announcing $4.3M in funding. SpecTrust delivers a protective layer between applications and cybercriminals on the inte… Continue reading SpecTrust raises $4.3M to unify people and data in the fight against cybercrime

3.4 billion credential stuffing attacks hit financial services organizations

Akamai published a report that provides an analysis of both global and financial services-specific web application and credential stuffing attack traffic, revealing significant increases across the attack surfaces year over year from 2019 to 2020. By t… Continue reading 3.4 billion credential stuffing attacks hit financial services organizations

How a band of P2P hackers planted the seeds of a unique expense management giant

It’s natural to think an expense report management business would play it by the book. But one look at Expensify is enough to tell you that this is a company that never even looked for the book. Continue reading How a band of P2P hackers planted the seeds of a unique expense management giant

New infosec products of the week: March 19, 2021

Akamai MFA provides FIDO2 multi-factor authentication without hardware security keys Akamai Technologies announced the launch of Akamai MFA, a phish-proof solution designed to enable enterprises to quickly deploy FIDO2 multi-factor authentication (MFA)… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: March 19, 2021

Akamai MFA provides FIDO2 multi-factor authentication without hardware security keys

Akamai Technologies announced the launch of Akamai MFA, a phish-proof solution designed to enable enterprises to quickly deploy FIDO2 multi-factor authentication (MFA) without the need to deploy and manage hardware security keys. Akamai MFA uses a smar… Continue reading Akamai MFA provides FIDO2 multi-factor authentication without hardware security keys

Defending enterprise systems during a pandemic

A new report from Akamai looks back at 2020, examining some of the technological shifts and the patterns that emerged from lockdown-related internet spikes at the beginning of the year, to the resurgent spikes due to a mix of additional lockdowns and c… Continue reading Defending enterprise systems during a pandemic

Wizards 2020: Celebrating a community of innovators!

Wizards is a global ideation program that allows Akamai employees to submit their innovative ideas and contribute to the business transformation of Akamai. The program has been running for eight years and has received more than 5000 idea submissions. We are proud that Akamai products like Page Integrity and Enterprise Threat Protector were once ideas on the Wizards portal, as were more than 45 other successful suggestions. Continue reading Wizards 2020: Celebrating a community of innovators!