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Enterprise Application Access Increases Security for ...
Companies all over the world are moving rapidly to enable their entire workforce to work remotely due to the current environment. Akamai's Enterprise Application Access solution is designed to provide fast and secure remote access to enterprise applications and can be deployed and scaled up quickly to meet customer needs (see Enabling Business Continuity in an Uncertain Global Environment). Akamai's Enterprise Threat Protector service contributes an additional layer of cloud-based
Making Connections to Sustainable Action During a Pa ...
There is no question that this year has brought disruption to life as we know it. As the world around us is changing, our concept of normalcy does too. Now, more than ever, it is critical that Akamai continue business as usual, providing fast, intelligent, and secure experiences for our customers, but we also have the opportunity to do so much more. From the perspective of a sustainability professional, COVID-19
Accelerate Migration from Legacy WAM While Enabling ...
Customers are in the process of replacing their legacy proxy/WAM solutions with modern Identity-Aware Proxies to enable Zero Trust access to business applications and services. Akamai's Identity Aware proxy enables secure remote access for end users from anywhere, on any device, to business applications hosted across multiple data centers using modern cloud and Zero Trust principles.
PSD2 and Open Banking -- The New Way to Work Your Mo ...
The main question behind the Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and Open Banking: Is it innovative or just platitudes against competition?
Simplifying Data Center and IaaS Visibility and Prot ...
Helping customers further secure their on-premises data centers and IaaS deployments is an interesting new use case for our Enterprise Threat Protector service.
Enabling Workforce Productivity in Challenging Times
As the world shifts to an increasingly virtual environment, Akamai continues to be at the forefront of helping customers enable workforce productivity with Akamai's Enterprise Application Access and Enterprise Threat Protector. From our detailed offer to our recent Edge Live Virtual Summit, where Akamai executives spoke about enabling a remote workforce on our platform, we have shared programs and processes around ensuring business continuity. This continues to be a concern
Accelerator Program for Early-Stage Innovations in W ...
This Earth Day, we are excited to announce the first two grantees of Akamai's Accelerator Program for Early-Stage Innovations in Water: the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) and the Foundation for Environmental Monitoring (ffem).
COVID-19 and the Perfect Security Storm
The global pandemic has resulted in a dramatic shift to home working. This has created a perfect security storm that has dramatically increased the security risk for enterprises. The best worst-case scenario is that a single device used by an employee working from home is compromised, and sensitive data on that device is stolen or locked with ransomware. Or worse, the compromised device is the beachhead for lateral movement and
Ensuring Business Continuity During Peak Times: 6 Re ...
A sudden and dramatic surge in internet traffic, much of which is driven by video streaming and game and software download events, is testing network infrastructures with unprecedented volume. The 30% increase in global traffic Akamai delivered from the edge during the past month, compared to the ~3% growth during a typical month, illustrates the impact COVID-19 has had on the internet. As a result, regulators, ISPs, and many Akamai