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A Twitter Chat on Cybercrime Defense
Yesterday, Akamai participated in a Twitter forum on cybercrime as part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Participants supplied a ton of great resources, which I think is worth sharing here. What follows are some of the tweets from the conversation. If you want to stay out of the attackers' crosshairs -- or if you're a victim looking for help -- you'll find what follows useful.ESET @ESET13hIf you're a victim, DOJ has
Video: An Overview of Tokenization & the Credit Card ...
Akamai CSO Andy Ellis gives an overview of tokenization and why it exists, as well as a brief history of the credit card industry.
Video: Josh Corman on Different Adversary Classes
Akamai Director of Security Intelligence Josh Corman gives an overview of different adversary classes and their motivations.
IBM, Akamai Team Up in DDoS Fight
As part of a new partnership, IBM will integrate Akamai's Kona Site Defender with IBM's Cloud Security Services portfolio. IBM Security Services General Manager Kris Lovejoy said her company decided to join forces with Akamai because of its track record in protecting customers from DDoS attacks. "Our clients tell us there is a need to strengthen cloud security," Lovejoy said in a statement. "The partnership with Akamai combines a world-class security
Movin' On Up (The OSI Stack)
For months now, those of us working to protect Akamai's customers have been trumpeting the same theme: in the same way that companies, technology and applications are moving "Up the Stack" to the web layer, attackers have followed. For the first time since the inaugural "State of the Internet Report" was published in Q1 2008, we saw solid statistical proof to date that the threat landscape has changed: As of
State of the Internet Report: DDoS Trends, SEA Attac ...
The latest Akamai State of the Internet report analyzes recent DDoS trends and includes a section on something I've written about a lot in recent months -- attacks from the so-called Syrian Electronic Army. DDoS attacks spiked in the second quarter of 2013, with Akamai customers reporting 318 attacks -- a 54 percent increase over the 208 reported in the first quarter. At 134 reported attacks, the Enterprise sector continued to
Are You a Future Akamai Security Professional?
It's week three of Cyber Security Awareness Month at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the focus is on the future security workforce. Here's what DHS says on its website: As technology continues to evolve and improve, the need to protect against evolving cyber threats also requires improvement and expansion. To meet the growing technological needs of government and industry, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is building strong
Indonesian Attack Traffic Tops List; Port 445 No Lon ...
This week Akamai released its State of the Internet report for the second quarter of 2013, and the security section includes some changes since the last go around. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as network connectivity and connection speeds, attack traffic, and broadband adoption and availability. One of the things we track is the origin of attack
An Overview of the OSI Model with Akamai CSO Andy El ...
In this video, Akamai CSO Andy Ellis gives an overview of the OSI model, abstraction layers, HTTP, TCP/IP and how together these things make the Internet work.