CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the intelligent edge platform
for securing and delivering digital experiences has been recognized
by Gartner as a Leader in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Web
Application Firewalls for the third year in a row. Gartner analysts
evaluated multiple vendors based upon their ability to execute and
completeness of vision.
Web applications and APIs are particularly vulnerable to attacks
today. The enterprise attack surface has expanded, with web
applications increasingly deployed in hybrid- and multi-cloud
environments, supporting mobile engagement, and built on
microservices - many exposed via APIs, which have become a
significant emerging attack vector. The challenge for today's
digital organizations is protecting business-critical applications
that are rapidly changing, increasingly opened up to partners, and
exposed on the public internet to attacks that are more
sophisticated and directly impact business outcomes.
Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls
highlights the necessary criteria needed to evaluate web
application firewalls and assessed them.
Akamai was evaluated for its two Web Application Firewall
offerings, Kona Site Defender and Web Application Protector.
Those are part of a full portfolio of cloud security services
provided by Akamai, including an API gateway, bot management (Bot
Manager), application access control (Enterprise Application
Access), a managed DDoS scrubbing service (Prolexic), and Domain
Name System services (Fast DNS). With these products, Akamai
demonstrates a commitment to developing and improving its web
application security solutions with one of the largest research
teams and visibility into more security threats - including
178B WAF rule triggers a day.
"Akamai is continually working to advance its products and
services, aiming to protect all architecture — core, cloud, and
edge — to thwart attackers and mitigate threats wherever they
arise," said Josh Shaul, Vice
President of Web Security, Akamai. "Our web application firewall
solutions provide customers with security controls that protect
digital businesses against critical vulnerabilities and other
threats while preserving the user experience of legitimate
application users."
According to Gartner, by 2023, "more than 30% of public-facing
web applications and APIs will be protected by cloud web
application and API protection (WAAP) services, which combine
distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection, bot mitigation,
API protection and WAFs. This is an increase from fewer than 10%
today."
"We're delighted that Gartner has again recognized Akamai as a
Leader in this category, which we believe validates our
achievements in this area to date," said Shaul. "The Akamai team
plans to continue to work even harder on security solutions that
demonstrate the value of the scale and intelligence that edge
security offers."
A complimentary copy of the complete report, Gartner, Magic
Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls, 17
September 2019, including the Magic Quadrant graphic, is
available here. For additional information regarding Akamai's WAF
offerings, visit here.
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls, Jeremy
D'Hoinne, Adam Hils, Claudio Neiva, Rajpreet
Kaur, 17 September 2019.
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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.
Contacts:
Tim
Whitman
Media
Relations
617-444-3019
twhitman@akamai.com
Tom Barth
Investor Relations
617-274-7130
tbarth@akamai.com
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