New Admin Portal for Akamai Enterprise Application Access

The definition of a user has evolved to comprise much more than an employee, making secure access to the right application, for the right user, at the right time difficult and complex. Akamai Enterprise Application Access (EAA) is a unique cloud architecture that closes all inbound firewall ports, while ensuring that only authorized users and devices have access to the internal applications they need — not the entire network. To streamline application access, Akamai has released Enterprise Center, a new admin portal for EAA that: Continue reading New Admin Portal for Akamai Enterprise Application Access

Phishing: Holiday Season Attacks on the Rise

Phishing continues to be a major attack vector, and it’s surprising just how many security incidents and breaches start with an employee clicking on a link in a carefully crafted phishing email (and sometimes doing the same with a not-so-well crafted phishing email — see this example). Continue reading Phishing: Holiday Season Attacks on the Rise

What’s Next in Security

Whenever we talk about what’s next for Akamai’s security portfolio, we clearly want to look at the challenges that are top of mind for our customers — both today and tomorrow. And what a year 2020 has shaped up to be in terms of new challenges for CIS… Continue reading What’s Next in Security

What’s Next in Security

Whenever we talk about what’s next for Akamai’s security portfolio, we clearly want to look at the challenges that are top of mind for our customers — both today and tomorrow. And what a year 2020 has shaped up to be in terms of new challenges for CISOs and their security teams. Continue reading What’s Next in Security

What’s New in Security, Part 2

Welcome to the Akamai Platform Update!
We’re presenting an entire week of learning about Akamai’s recent product updates. Each day, we’ll highlight our latest innovations in each area of the Akamai Intelligent Platform.
The post What’s New in Sec… Continue reading What’s New in Security, Part 2

Better Together: Akamai Enhances Zero Trust Network Access with CrowdStrike

More than ever before, users and applications no longer reside at the office. Organizations are managing a mobile and globally distributed workforce that needs access to corporate systems, applications, and data from outside the traditional network per… Continue reading Better Together: Akamai Enhances Zero Trust Network Access with CrowdStrike

What’s New in Security, Part 2

Welcome to the Akamai Platform Update!
We’re presenting an entire week of learning about Akamai’s recent product updates. Each day, we’ll highlight our latest innovations in each area of the Akamai Intelligent Platform. Continue reading What’s New in Security, Part 2

Better Together: Akamai Enhances Zero Trust Network Access with CrowdStrike

More than ever before, users and applications no longer reside at the office. Organizations are managing a mobile and globally distributed workforce that needs access to corporate systems, applications, and data from outside the traditional network perimeter. In addition, cyberattackers are exploiting this situation with an increase in malware and phishing attacks aimed at remote workers. Continue reading Better Together: Akamai Enhances Zero Trust Network Access with CrowdStrike

Enterprise Application Access Client (EAA) Vulnerability (CVE-2019-18847)

On October 15, 2019, Tesla discovered, and responsibly disclosed, a vulnerability within Akamai’s Enterprise Application Access (EAA) client that allows privilege escalation and remote code execution (RCE) when an attacker is within privileged locations on a network. Continue reading Enterprise Application Access Client (EAA) Vulnerability (CVE-2019-18847)