Cloudlets Policy Manager often takes a long time to load, which is a by-product of its original design where every policy activation is an individual file. These files must be moved around the network, and as you might imagine, transferring thousands o…
The Philippine Army will have new mine detection and emergency bridging capabilities soon
The Philippine Army (PA) is expected to gain a new capability soon as it acquires new assets as part of its modernization program.Mine Clearing Operations have been part of the Philippine Army’s capabilities for decades, but has been limited in t…
Akamai + Fingerbank: How an open source community can transform security
Isn’t it amazing how seemingly simple decisions can have far-reaching effects? When the Inverse team in Montreal took over PacketFence in 2008, it was an open source (OS) solution.
Sustainability Requires Collaboration: Akamai’s Growing Community and Supply Chain Initiatives
Akamai is committed to collaboration that inspires worldwide change. We know it’s not enough to be environmentally conscious solely in our own business. To make a true impact on climate change, we need to use our unique position as a global corporation…
The Importance of Education in Furthering the Sustainability Agenda
Author: Mark Porter, Director, Supply Chain & International Collaboration, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA)
Mark Porter moved to REBA from Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewables Center (BRC) initiative in March 2019. Mark continues to s…
Our ESG Commitment: Investing in a Better World
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are quickly emerging as a key concern for investors. To use a musical analogy, the bow is just resting on the first string, with more notes sure to follow. At Akamai, our ESG instrument is well tuned a…
Distinguishing Among DNS Services Part 3: Investment and Innovation
This is Part 3 of a 3-part blog series highlighting some of the distinguishing aspects of Akamai’s authoritative DNS services, Edge DNS and Global Traffic Management. Part 1 focused on Akamai’s DNS platform and what sets it apart. Part 2…
Working Together with Our Customers to Build a Sustainable Future
By now, we hope you’ve read Monday’s and Tuesday’s blog posts announcing the release of our annual sustainability report, our sustainability program, and the technical innovation behind it.
When Destiny is Knocking on Your Door Again – Data Mining CDN Logs to Refine and Optimize Web Attack Detection
A few years ago, I wrote a blog post trying to explain, with humor, why choosing application security as a career path is destiny derived by my parents calling me “Or”, and why a personal name that is a conditional word can sometimes be challenging in …
How Client-Side Protection & Compliance Detects Real-World Magecart Attacks
In this blog, we will take a look at and break down a recent Magecart attack detected and mitigated by Client-Side Protection & Compliance. The impacted customer operates a large international e-commerce business in which one of its websites was compro…