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Akamai Named an Overall Leader for Zero Trust Network Access
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AkaRank: Improving Popularity Rankings for Better Threat Intelligence, Part 2
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Adding Akamai Shared Domains to the Public Suffix List
Akamai plans to submit a number of our shared domains to the “PRIVATE” section of the Public Suffix List PSL at some point on or after March 31, 2022. The PSL contains multi-party domain suffixes and is used by a wide range of client software for example, web browsers to implement policy decision...
Log4j Bringing You Down? Try Infection Monkey’s New Log4Shell Attack Simulation
What if you could see how a real cyberattack might unfold in your network? Imagine the insights you would gain into your security posture if you could safely and easily simulate the behavior of malicious actors before they hit your defenses. That’s what the Infection Monkey does...
Forrester: Embrace Zero Trust for Australia’s Essential Eight
Understand why it's important to refine your organization’s approach. See how to enact a security model that protects your business and enables growth...
Location-and Device-agnostic Security for the Mobile Workforce
I've spent my entire career in technology and can still recall the time when a desktop PC was the only way to work. Truth be told, I'm also old enough to remember dumb terminals. I also remember my first company laptop -- a beast of a thing with a monochrome display so thick it came with an...
Krakow Internship
The beginning of a new year is a time to look back and reflect on the previous one. December 31st is also the end date of our annual Krakow Internship Program...
Cyber Monday - The Biggest Shopping Day of the Year?
Do you remember when Cyber Monday wasn't a thing? In late November 2005, The New York Times reported: "The name Cyber Monday grew out of the observation that millions of otherwise productive working Americans, fresh off a Thanksgiving weekend of window shopping, were returning to high-speed...
Metrics That Matter: Measuring Streaming Performance
The COVID-19 health crisis created a dramatic shift in our lifestyles. With work, school, and entertainment taking place in home environments now, it's no surprise that screen time is up. Nielsen reports that not only did overall media consumption jump significantly in the first quarter of 2020,...
My Journey to Akamai and Back
As a region, it's very diverse and dynamic, with a lot to experience. Although I'm based in the Beijing office, I have opportunities to collaborate closely with my colleagues in Japan, India, Singapore and Australia. We find synergies and uniqueness in each market, and constantly share ideas and...
Smart DNS for the New Network Edge
This is the first in a series of blog posts that will discuss how smart DNS resolvers can enhance ongoing ISP and MNO network transformation efforts such as the transition to 5G, better integration of Wi-Fi, and new network designs that optimize the edge to improve service delivery and network...
Improving Image Manager with Real User Feedback
Steve Krug, a well-known user experience professional, has been quoted on many occasions for saying, "Don't make me think." It's true that users shouldn't have to puzzle around to find what they're looking for or to complete a task. Product usability is equally important to fancy features and...
What's New In Security
It's that time of year again. Here at our global headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the days are getting shorter at least in terms of sunrise and sunset. Gone are the 90 degree days of summer; 60 is the new normal. And as we are now in the midst of the final months of the year, Starbucks i...
Significant retail spending on Mother's Day sets a stage for major holidays in 2018
The second Sunday in May is a special day for everyone because it's Mother's Day. It's also a special day for retailers, as it represents another peak period and serves as the halfway point between the prior year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday and the upcoming year's retail holidays. The retail...
Increased mobile engagement a key catalyst for the best-ever holiday season
2017 was a year of epic proportions that broke numerous retail records worldwide. The stage was set earlier in the year by Amazon's Prime Day, which became Amazon's biggest day ever by generating over $1 Billion in sales 60% increase YoY. This was followed by Singles' Day, during which Alibaba...
Reducing Infrastructure Cost with new Enterprise Application Access Architecture
In an earlier blog, "Remote Access no longer needs to be Complex and Cumbersome", I wrote about the new game-changing remote access solution available from Akamai called Enterprise Application Access EAA. My thesis was that in our cloud-first, mobile-dominated world, providing access to...
CVE-2026-23864: React and Next.js Denial of Service via Memory Exhaustion
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Akamai Named an Overall Leader for API Security by KuppingerCole
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Is Network Security Still a Thing in the Age of Public Cloud?
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is extending its segmentation capabilities to hybrid cloud environments...
Akamai and Linode: Giving Developers One Place to Build, Run, and Secure Apps
I am incredibly excited to announce that today we have completed the acquisition of Linode. You may have seen our press release announcing the acquisition, or listened to our earnings call during which our executives discussed why this is the right strategic investment for Akamai. But I wanted to...
Passwords — Extinction Event Looming?
Passwords are the bane of users and security teams’ lives. Despite years of security teams educating users about not using 123456 as a password, not recycling passwords across multiple personal and professional accounts, and implementing even more rigorous password rules and investments in passwo...
Akamai Launch Cohort 2 of Accelerator Program for Early-Stage Innovations in Water
Akamai Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. has chosen the grantees for Cohort 2 of Accelerator Program for Early-Stage Innovations in Water. The Accelerator Program enables grantees to ideate their technology-based solutions for water conservation. This year, two grantees -- SmartTerra and Jaljeevika --...
Akamai Startup Program: Fostering Innovation
Akamai, the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, continues to focus on innovation by launching Cohort 2 of the Akamai Startup program. Started in India in 2019, the Akamai Startup program leverages the startup ecosystem to drive Akamai's strategic priorities...
Optimize Video Streaming Performance to Reduce Viewer Churn
Why Improve Viewer Experience? Why Now? As online video viewership continues its march to digital mediums and platforms, viewer expectation around the quality of experience is also maturing. Increased video streaming choices and the low cost of switching providers are leading viewers to churn if...
Corporate Office and Kitchen Table: Securing the Future of Work, Part 1
The future of work is multi-modal, the future corporate office is a private coffee shop with great Wi-Fi, and the future of enterprise security is going to have to adapt rapidly. If there is a sliver of positivity that I can find in this devastating pandemic, it's that we are adapting and finding...
"School From Home" Changes Residential Internet Safety and Security Dynamics
2020 has been a year of epic change as we all work together to minimize the adverse impact of COVID-19. There's been extensive coverage in blogs and media as businesses navigated a rapid transition to remote work for their employees and pivoted to address an entirely new set of security...
Rethinking Defensive Strategy at the Edge, Part 1: A Changing Landscape for Securing Users
In recent years, new enterprise remote access architectures and frameworks have been introduced, such as Zero Trust Access ZTA. Those concepts have driven changes in the way the network perimeter has been defined -- specifically, from the outside in, not the inside out. Access to applications and...
Enterprise Threat Protector Now Includes One-Click Performance Optimization for Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is becoming the essential productivity suite for enterprises. Over 1 million companies have now signed up for the service, and every month there are more than 200 million active users. Microsoft Teams alone has 75 million active users every day. If your company already uses or is...
Time for a Haircut
Like many people around the world, my hair has grown profusely in the past few months and bears little resemblance to the photo in my profile. Without the required care and attention, my hair is getting dangerously close to the bad hairstyles I adopted in the 1980s. I could of course attempt to f...
Respect and Equal Protection For Everyone
We are profoundly distressed by the racism, bigotry and violence committed against people of color in our society and by public institutions. Here at Akamai, we have no tolerance for discrimination. We value our diversity. It is a strength of our organization. And in a moment when many people are...
Accelerate Migration from Legacy WAM While Enabling Zero Trust Access with EAA and Single-Host Access
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...
Meet the teen who won Technovation 2017
This summer Akamai hosted Girls Who Code for its fourth year in a row. Girls Who Code is a nonprofit organization that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science. This is a spotlight article on one of the Girls Who Code participants, Aruzhan Koshkarova. Aruzhan, along wi...
Ensure Highly Reliable First Mile Connectivity with Akamai Direct Connect
As linear OTT video services become mainstream, many broadcasters and online video distributors are increasingly looking for new ways to enhance service reliability. Many who manage their own origin infrastructures within a datacenter environment are seeking added assurance for ingest of their...
Tailoring YouTube for Your Requirements
Did you know around 300 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube every minute of every day? That's a staggering amount of content. However, while a huge amount of that uploaded content is harmless and innocuous - think fluffy kittens - YouTube is also the destination of choice for a large...
I can Haz TLS 1.3 ?
Everybody wants to be able to use TLS 1.3. Among the reasons are: It's faster - being able to reconnect to a server you've previously used, and saving a full round-trip latency is impressive. It's more reliable - the protocol has been cleaned up and simplified. For example, the related concepts o...
Accelerating Enterprise AI from Proof of Concept to Production
Discover how Akamai AI Professional Services helps enterprises bridge the gap from proof of concept to secure, scalable, and manageable production AI...
MSL5 General Availability and MSL4 Product Retirement
Akamai Media Services Live 4 will be discontinued on December 31, 2026. The upgraded Akamai Media Services Live 5 is currently in general availability...
The Web Scraping Problem, Part 3: Protecting Against Botnets
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What Does XDR Have to Do with API Security?
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Protecting Small and Medium-Sized Businesses from Cyberthreats
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How Akamai Protects Customers from HTTP/2 Rapid Reset DDoS Attacks
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The Challenge of Securing APIs for a Luxury Hotel Chain
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OWASP Top 10 API Security Risks: The 2023 Edition Is Finally Here
We review the final changes in the 2023 update to the OWASP Top 10 API Security Risks to help you on your journey to secure your APIs...
Akamai and the Adoption of Post-Quantum Cryptography
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Beyond CWV: 11 More Performance Metrics to Monitor, Part 3 of 5
Learn the differences between synthetic tests and real user monitoring, and discover 11 web performance metrics beyond the Core Web Vitals — and how to use them...
World-Class Live Streaming From the Royal Opera House
Based in Covent Garden, London, the Royal Opera House brings together the world’s most extraordinary artists to share live, streamed, and broadcast events and performances. We’re delighted that this iconic British institution has chosen to work with Akamai to bring its fantastic productions to th...
Conti?s Hacker Manuals ? Read, Reviewed & Analyzed
Conti is a notorious ransomware group that targets high-revenue organizations. They were first detected in 2020, and appear to be based in Russia. It is believed that the group is the successor to Ryuk ransomware group. According to Chainalysis, The ransomware group was the highest grossing of al...
Himalaya Exchange Creates a New Digital Financial System
The Himalaya Exchange offers a new cryptocurrency that is designed to be resistant to extreme price volatility. A key aim for the company is to provide a revolutionary financial solution for the new digital age. Akamai is delighted that this hugely innovative company has chosen us to deliver a...
Metrics That Matter: Continuous Performance Optimization
To attract and retain customers, you must offer an exceptional digital experience. In an increasingly competitive business climate, organizations are fighting to maintain loyalty and keep users engaged online. The cost of switching is low, consumers are transient, and user expectations for how...
Edge DNS: Zone Apex Mapping & DNSSEC
Along with its DDoS resilience and impressive global footprint, Akamai Edge DNS offers zone administrators additional technical flexibility and implementation options to improve performance and simplify DNS operations. One example is zone apex mapping ZAM, a feature that enables top level hostnam...