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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.
Podcast: The Flip Side of Bots and Crawlers
A few months ago, Akamai Senior Enterprise Architect David Senecal wrote a post about ways to identify and mitigate unwanted bot traffic. Last week, I went into more detail on the subject with Matt Ringel (@ringel on Twitter), an enterprise architect in Akamai's Professional Services team. (Check out Matt's recent post, "You Must Try, and Then You Must Ask."). That resulted in the post "Bots, Crawlers Not Created Equally."In addition to that post, we have a full
Schneier and Corman: A Conversation in Tweets
What does one do when he has to get on a plane right before one of the more anticipated keynotes at Akamai Edge? In my case, follow the tweets and retweet what I found most interesting.Below are tweets from those attending the keynote discussion between security luminary Bruce Schneier and Akamai InfoSec's Josh Corman. I followed from the taxi, through the TSA line and from the gate, and it was worth