CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), the intelligent edge platform for
securing and delivering digital experiences, today announces that
the company has acquired the technology of KryptCo, creator of
multifactor authentication technology.
KryptCo technology establishes an authenticated and encrypted
communication channel, resistant to phishing while still offering a
simplified user experience that does not require entering pin
codes. This enables enterprises to implement multi-factor
authentication, an increasingly critical enhancement to identity
and access which are core tenets of zero trust, with the confidence
the additional authentication factors are end-to-end verified and
with minimal risk of phishing attacks.
"Prevailing technologies in the industry that offer multi-factor
authentication are still vulnerable to phishing and other attack
vectors, making them easy to compromise and break the promise of
zero trust," said Dr. Robert
Blumofe, executive vice president of Akamai Technologies
platform organization and general manager of the enterprise
division. "Multi-factor authentication methods need to provide an
end-to-end verified and encrypted architecture that eliminates
dependency on insecure methods and leverages a more secure way like
cryptography. Simplicity and ease of use remain key ingredients to
help enterprises and end users adopt and use the solution, while
enhancing security."
KryptCo's CEO, Alex Grinman, has
joined Akamai and will support Akamai's Zero Trust solution, which
includes Enterprise Application Access, Akamai's identity aware
proxy at the edge that is designed to ensure that only authorized
users and devices have access to the internal applications they
need, and not the entire corporate network.
In February 2019, Akamai's
Enterprise Application Access offering received three awards in the
15th Annual 2019 Info Security PG's Global Excellence Awards,
including Best Enterprise Secure Access Solution, Best Security
Solution for Retail, and Best Innovation in Enterprise
Security.
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.
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SOURCE Akamai Technologies, Inc.