CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SC Media's SC
Awards program has selected Akamai Technologies' (NASDAQ: AKAM)
Kona Site Defender as the Best Web Application Solution,
bestowing the award during the 23rd annual SC Awards
gala held Tuesday night of the RSA Conference in San Francisco, presented by SC Media. Chosen
by a distinguished group of leading IT security professionals,
the SC Awards honor the achievements of companies and
information security professionals who have proven to be the best
in the industry for protecting today's corporate world from an
array of risks and threats.
"For nearly two decades, Akamai has been dedicated to making the
internet safe for businesses and maximizing security for our
customers. We could not be more proud to accept this honor from
this panel of distinguished professionals, as it validates our
efforts in the InfoSec, threat research, and over-arching security
community," said Rick McConnell,
President and GM at Akamai. "Accolades such as SC Awards, which are
organized and selected by the industry's most respected leaders,
motivate the team at Akamai to continue to develop and provide
innovative and business critical solutions."
Kona Site Defender provides a robust and flexible application
and API security solution that is designed to protect digital
businesses from DDoS and web application attacks. It combines
Akamai's proprietary web application firewall (WAF) rule set,
created and automatically updated based on visibility into the
latest attacks, with protections that organizations can customize
for their specific business needs. Akamai's Intelligent Edge
Security also delivers advanced capabilities including client
reputation, API governance, and bot protections delivered as an
integrated, intelligent service at the edge of the internet.
Akamai's web application security solutions have also recently
received recognition from key industry analysts, including
receiving the highest scores in two of the three analyzed use cases
in Gartner's 2018 Critical Capabilities for Cloud Web Application
Firewalls Services report1 where Akamai ranked
highest in the web scale critical business applications and mobile
applications use cases. In addition, Akamai was recognized as a
Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Application
Firewalls2 for the second year in a row. The company was
also cited as a Leader in Forrester's most recent Wave report for
Web Application Firewalls3.
The SC Awards accolade is just one recent example of independent
industry recognition for Akamai's security solutions. Last month,
Akamai announced that its Enterprise Application Access (EAA)
offering will be the recipient of three awards in the upcoming 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.
In addition, Akamai's chief executive officer, Dr. Tom Leighton, was awarded with 2019 SC Awards'
first ever Visionary award. As part of SC Media's year-long
celebration of its 30th anniversary in the cybersecurity industry,
the annual SC Awards were expanded to include several special
categories. Chosen by the media company's editorial team, the
Visionaries of the Last 30 Years category honors those who have
shaped the industry and will serve to impact the future.
The SC Awards are recognized throughout the cybersecurity
industry and are the crowning achievement for IT security
professionals and products. Each year, hundreds of applications are
reviewed and narrowed down to a select group of finalists that
represent the best solutions and services and the professionals
working around the clock to protect today's businesses from an
ever-changing landscape of security threats. For more information
and a detailed list of categories, finalists and winners, please
visit https://scawardsus.com/.
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.
1Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Cloud
Web Application Firewalls Services, Jeremy D'Hoinne, Ayal Tirosh, Claudio
Neiva, Adam Hils 6
December.
2Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Web
Application Firewalls, Jeremy D'Hoinne, Adam Hils, Ayal
Tirosh, Claudio Neiva,
29 August 2018.
3The Forrester Wave™: Web Application
Firewalls, Q2 2018.
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Tom Barth
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617-444-3019
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617-274-7130
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twhitman@akamai.com
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tbarth@akamai.com
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