Comcast Business Announces Strategic Cybersecurity Initiatives
September 05 2019 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Strategic Engagements with Fortinet and
Akamai Will Drive Continued Innovation in Cybersecurity Solutions
for Small Business and Enterprise Customers
Comcast Business today announced two strategic initiatives aimed
at driving increased innovation in cloud-based cybersecurity
solutions for customers of all sizes – SMB through Enterprise. The
collaborations with industry leaders Fortinet and Akamai were
announced during Comcast Business’ 5th annual Analyst Day at the
Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia.
“In today’s hyper-connected world, cyberthreats are becoming
more sophisticated and prevalent. No organization is too large or
too small to be a target,” said Bob Victor, SVP of Product
Management, Comcast Business. “These strategic initiatives will
drive increased cybersecurity innovation across our product
portfolio, helping customers of all sizes stay protected and
secure. We’re thrilled to work with these two industry leaders and
look forward to unveiling the output of these relationships in the
near future.”
Comcast Business is collaborating with cybersecurity market
leader, Fortinet, to bring advanced security solutions to midsize
and enterprise customers via Comcast Business’ award-winning
ActiveCore℠ software-defined-networking (SDN) platform. The
engagement will seek to integrate capabilities of Fortinet’s
FortiGate-VM Next-Generation Firewall Virtual Appliance and
Fortinet Security Fabric to help protect against a variety of
security threats, including malware and attacks that simultaneously
target different network vulnerabilities.
“Organizations undergoing digital innovation need an efficient
and advanced security solution designed to protect their WAN edge.
We believe the right solution offers deep visibility, robust
protection, management simplicity and optimal performance to
mitigate risk, manage operational expense and improve TCO,” says
John Maddison, EVP of products and CMO at Fortinet. “We welcome the
opportunity to work with Comcast Business to deliver integrated
security solutions – to help protect critical data from the network
core to the edge.”
Comcast Business announced a strategic partnership with leading
cybersecurity provider Akamai, to develop cloud-based cybersecurity
solutions aimed at protecting small business customers from
increased cyberattacks. Nearly half of small businesses in the
United States suffered a cyberattack in 2017, according to a recent
study. These solutions are designed to mitigate this rising risk
and will provide small business owners greater visibility into
their network safety with personalized dashboards and customized
reports detailing network activity and threats.
“While cybersecurity remains a high priority for most
organizations that conduct business online, many SMBs lack the
internal resources to address those challenges themselves,” said
Dane Walther, SVP and GM, Media & Carrier, Akamai. “We’re
excited to partner with Comcast Business in an effort to close that
gap and help make cloud-based security services anchored by strong
threat intelligence more accessible to a broader range of
businesses.”
About Comcast Business
Comcast Business offers Ethernet, Internet, Wi-Fi, Voice, TV and
Managed Enterprise Solutions to help organizations of all sizes
transform their business. Powered by an advanced network, and
backed by 24/7 customer support, Comcast Business is one of the
largest contributors to the growth of Comcast Cable. Comcast
Business is the nation’s largest cable provider to small and
mid-size businesses and has emerged as a force in the Enterprise
market; recognized over the last two years by leading industry
associations as one of the fastest growing providers of Ethernet
services.
For more information, call 866-429-3085. Follow on Twitter
@ComcastBusiness and on other social media networks at
http://business.comcast.com/social.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with three primary businesses: Comcast Cable,
NBCUniversal, and Sky. Comcast Cable is one of the United States’
largest video, high-speed internet, and phone providers to
residential customers under the Xfinity brand, and also provides
these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and
security and automation services to residential customers under the
Xfinity brand. NBCUniversal is global and operates news,
entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo
broadcast networks, television production operations, television
station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks and
Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media and entertainment
companies, connecting customers to a broad range of video content
through its pay television services. It also provides
communications services, including residential high-speed internet,
phone, and wireless services. Sky operates the Sky News broadcast
network and sports and entertainment networks, produces original
content, and has exclusive content rights. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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