Hyderabad: Akamai Technologies, a US security, content delivery and cloud service provider, would like to strengthen its security portfolio, which includes untrusted products that will help businesses stay safe. The company will also focus on protecting against fraud by conducting the necessary analyzes.
The company that does a lot of threat research also sees growth opportunities in threat hunting. The company notes that in the past, cyber-attackers have targeted all verticals that handle money. The financial sector remains a largely targeted vertical. Travel and hospitality that have been moderate over the past 12-15 months in the number of attacks due to Covid closures, may soon see an increase once these sectors open.
Dr Robert Blumofe, EPP and CTO, Akamai Technologies, told Telangana Today: “Akamai has been focusing on cyber security for over a decade now and as of today we are doing more than a billion dollars annually, focusing on edge security. We have focused on innovation to deliver quality, performance and reliability.We have built-in features in distributed denial-of-service (DDos) protection, web app firewall, bot-management capability, access control and zero trust products.India, which has 25 percent of the company, with 2,000 people, plays a key role in security operations and other important functional areas. ”
Platform capabilities
Akamai platform can create great performance for users, provide security, block attacks, manage bots – all in one platform. The platform offers multiple programmability, allowing users to add programmable features to the company’s platform.
“We believe that Akamai’s programmable edge platform plays a very important role in securing the business and in creating great user experiences for our customers. The edge is part of the internet where you get to the last mile where users connect to their devices and crash the internet. We have infrastructure as close as possible to the touch points. We are in more than 4,000 locations, more than 1,400 networks in nearly 1,000 cities, to be closer to the users, applications, things, capabilities and threats (to tackle it), ‘he added.
Digital transformation
He said businesses are undergoing digital transformation. For a few years, companies have migrated to the cloud and used public cloud features, software as a service (SaaS), and everything goes digital and online. For the past one year there has been a consideration about the teleworkers due to the pandemic.
He notes that even after the pandemic, remote work will play a major role in the entire business landscape. It is important for businesses to have a security stack to counter threats posed by remote work. Work tools are used for personal activities and phishing is a much more effective technique than before to contain these work tools possibly now. Many phishing campaigns have been focused on Covid, what can target Covid vaccine accessibility, aid funds, and access to health care.
No trust approach
He further explained: ‘We advocate a zero trust approach where you do not use a virtual private network (VPN), but rather use a set of highly distributed identity-aware proxies (IAPs) to facilitate access, which is not only secure, but very scalable. Our edge platform offers it all. We can also manage distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS attacks). Akamai also provided protection over several attacks on ransomware. At the forefront of device protection, he said that 5G will allow more and more devices to connect.
Akamai Technologies acquired Asavie in October, whose global platform manages the security, performance and access policies for mobile and Internet-connected devices. The company also acquired inverse, Montreal, in February, which will improve its security capabilities for businesses and increase its portfolio of Internet-based trust solutions.
Source: Telangana Today