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.
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Akamai Enhances its Cloud Secure Web Gateway with DLP, Application Control and DNS over TLS (DoT)

Last March, Akamai announced the launch of its secure web gateway delivered at the edge, to help enterprises further accelerate their transition to a new security architecture based on Zero Trust and secure access service edge (SASE) principles. As we … Continue reading Akamai Enhances its Cloud Secure Web Gateway with DLP, Application Control and DNS over TLS (DoT)

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

Akamai Enhances its Cloud Secure Web Gateway with DLP, Application Control and DNS over TLS (DoT)

Last March, Akamai announced the launch of its secure web gateway delivered at the edge, to help enterprises further accelerate their transition to a new security architecture based on Zero Trust and secure access service edge (SASE) principles. As we now know, we were just on the cusp of a global pandemic that changed the nature of work. Literally overnight, companies needed to support tens of thousands of employees working from home. That meant they needed to change the way they provided application access and minimize the risk from devices that were no longer on the corporate network from being compromised with malware. The pandemic brought into sharp focus the reality that backhauling application and web traffic over a VPN to a data center with stacks of appliances to apply security was no longer viable or fit for purpose. Continue reading Akamai Enhances its Cloud Secure Web Gateway with DLP, Application Control and DNS over TLS (DoT)

Akamai, CISA, and CIS Join Forces to Improve SLTT Cyber Defenses

Cybercriminals continue to target U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) government organizations. In 2019, there were more than 100 ransomware attacks — including an attack on Baltimore’s IT systems that locked out thousands of computers and disrupted nearly every city service. This attack is estimated to have cost the city as much as $18 million. Continue reading Akamai, CISA, and CIS Join Forces to Improve SLTT Cyber Defenses

Enterprise Threat Protector Now Includes One-Click Performance Optimization for Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 is becoming the essential productivity suite for enterprises. Over 1 million companies have now signed up for the service, and every month there are more than 200 million active users. Microsoft Teams alone has 75 million active users eve… Continue reading Enterprise Threat Protector Now Includes One-Click Performance Optimization for Microsoft 365

Enterprise Threat Protector Now Includes One-Click Performance Optimization for Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 is becoming the essential productivity suite for enterprises. Over 1 million companies have now signed up for the service, and every month there are more than 200 million active users. Microsoft Teams alone has 75 million active users every day. Continue reading Enterprise Threat Protector Now Includes One-Click Performance Optimization for Microsoft 365

Tale of the Tape: Top 5 Reasons Phishing Attacks Haven’t Dried Up

One of my favourite websites is archive.org (OK, so I’m a nerd). For anyone not familiar with this website, it’s essentially a time machine that allows you to go back and look at pretty much any site from a point in time over the past 20-odd years.
The… Continue reading Tale of the Tape: Top 5 Reasons Phishing Attacks Haven’t Dried Up