CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai (NASDAQ:
AKAM), the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering
digital experiences, today announced it has launched Enterprise
Defender, a new solution to help enable its customers to seamlessly
and easily transition to a more effective security architecture
based on Zero Trust principles.
Built on the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, Enterprise
Defender is designed to help secure all enterprise applications and
users, reducing risk and complexity while improving user
experience. Akamai's Enterprise Defender will integrate adaptive
application access, security and acceleration with advanced malware
prevention. Leveraging Akamai's edge platform, Enterprise Defender
will enable customers to move towards a Zero Trust security posture
across legacy on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
Akamai was cited as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™:
Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) Ecosystem Providers, Q4 2018 evaluation.
The report states, "Akamai is a powerhouse in the network security
space and has spent both time and resources in extending its
capabilities into other areas of security for clients. This
includes DDoS, botnet mitigation, malware protection, and
application microsegmentation capabilities."
"Our customers are facing a growing set of critical challenges
to meet the needs of their businesses - conditional app access,
cloud migration, third party access, M&A integrations and
protecting the workforce from advanced threats - and the existing
perimeter-based architectures are proving too complex and risky to
meet their needs," said Tim Knudsen,
Vice President, Product Management, Enterprise Business Unit at
Akamai. "Enterprise Defender simplifies the transition to Zero
Trust. It gives our customers a single solution that is designed to
replace their VPNs and improve their security posture, while
delivering an optimal user experience."
Akamai's Enterprise Defender is architected specifically to:
- Provide application specific access versus network
access: Enterprise Defender provides granular access controls
for specific applications and proactive threat prevention, making
it much harder for an attacker to move laterally to gain access to
other workloads and for malware to propagate on the corporate
network.
- Protect corporate applications from exploits: Enterprise
Defender provides broad protection for corporate web applications.
Our web application firewall includes robust security protections,
updated by the industry's best threat research team, to help
organizations keep up with ever evolving security threats.
- Protect your workforce from malware and phishing:
Enterprise Defender is designed to proactively identify, block and
mitigate targeted threats such as malware, ransomware, DNS data
exfiltration and advanced zero-day phishing attacks.
- Deliver better end-user experiences: Enterprise Defender
supports enterprise efforts to deliver applications that are fast,
reliable and secure, empowering enterprises to overcome the
challenges related to delivering corporate applications over the
Internet.
Akamai's Enterprise Defender is designed to help organizations
to:
- Reduce complexity and streamline operations: Enterprise
Defender helps security teams to replace costly-to-manage and
maintain virtual or hardware appliances with a simple security
service at the edge.
- Reduce both CapEx and OpEx for security: Combined with
cloud-based simplicity and improved security, Enterprise Defender
enables CISOs and security teams to consolidate security controls
and reduce management costs.
- Enable digital business transformation: Enterprise
Defender enables a modern work anywhere environment by blocking
access to malicious domains, URLs and content. Access is only
granted to a limited number of applications based on identity,
device and security context, without ever granting access to the
full network.
Enterprise Defender is available now and the solution is
available as a per user, per month subscription, for more
information visit here or join Akamai at Edge World to learn more
about the company's zero trust solutions and innovations.
About Akamai
Akamai secures and delivers digital experiences for the world's
largest companies. Akamai's intelligent edge platform surrounds
everything, from the enterprise to the cloud, so customers and
their businesses can be fast, smart, and secure. Top brands
globally rely on Akamai to help them realize competitive advantage
through agile solutions that extend the power of their multi-cloud
architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps and experiences closer
to users than anyone — and attacks and threats far away. Akamai's
portfolio of edge security, web and mobile performance, enterprise
access and video delivery solutions is supported by unmatched
customer service, analytics and 24/7/365 monitoring. To learn why
the world's top brands trust Akamai, visit www.akamai.com,
blogs.akamai.com, or @Akamai on Twitter.
Akamai Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act
This release contains information about future expectations, plans
and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute
forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor
provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, including statements about the business benefits businesses
could enjoy from the new solution. Actual results may differ
materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements
as a result of various important factors including, but not limited
to, failure of Akamai services to operate as expected or to address
intended market needs, a failure of Akamai's network
infrastructure, and other factors that are discussed in Akamai's
Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and
other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Helen Yang
Media Relations
+1 858-404-1436
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Investor Relations
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tbarth@akamai.com
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