Japan is sending its goodwill to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), which is unprecedented considering the Japanese government only lifting the ban on transfer of defense equipment to foreign countries lately.The Japanese government has s…
Akamai Recognized as 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Web Application Firewalls
Akamai has been named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Web Application Firewalls (for the second time).
Building an A/B Test with EdgeWorkers and EdgeKV
When paired with our new EdgeKV distributed key-value database, the Akamai EdgeWorkers serverless platform gives you the ability to do powerful things at the CDN level.
Adapting Security to Work Anywhere
“Working from home 2021” was the title of my talk at The Cyber Security Summit in January, and the strikethrough is important.
New Book! The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 4
I’ve completed the TaoSecurity Blog book series.The new book is The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 4: Beyond the Blog with Articles, Testimony, and Scholarship. It’s available now for Kindle, and I’m working on the print edition. …
Taking Action This Earth Month
There’s a fascinating human phenomenon often studied in the behavioral science field called the intention-action gap.
Gambling, Streaming Traffic Up During Men’s College Basketball Tourney
Gambling industry-related web traffic delivered by Akamai jumped 31% over the category average for all of Q4 2020 on March 31st.
Caught on Camera: Rethinking IoT Security
We all know that we’re on camera pretty much constantly — most coffee shops, convenience stores, and even offices employ security cameras for protection. But what happens when those devices built to keep us safe become unsafe?
Akamai Titans 2020: Celebrating Outstanding Achievements
To Akamai’s Co-Founder Danny Lewin, calling someone a “Titan” was the highest praise he would give. Danny himself was a remarkably talented and hard-working leader whose heart, passion, and spirit still inspire us.
Emerging Edge Computing Use Cases
The first rule of edge compute thought leadership is: don’t overuse the term edge. Over the course of my blog series on the topic, I have defined the edge, explained edge computing, and discussed the economics of edge computing.