As I took on the role of Chief Marketing Officer of Akamai earlier this year, I set out to inspire and challenge our teams to build an impactful global campaign that showcases not just what we do, but what we make possible. What quickly became clear is…
Holiday Readiness, Part Three: What you Should be Thinking About Two Months Out?Performance Optimizations
October is here, and that means we are less than two months away from the busiest weekend of the year. Parts one and two of the Holiday Readiness blog series covered topics ranging from security checklists to disaster recovery strategies and flash crow…
EAA Client Escalation of Privilege Vulnerability on Windows
This post covers the details of CVE-2021-40683 (CVSS 6.5), the vulnerability impacting the Akamai Enterprise Application Access (EAA) Client running on Windows systems, for which Akamai has provided a patch to its customers.
For More Relatable Content, Get Out of Your Universe
While facts communicate truth, stories communicate truth on a higher level that aims right for the core of each one of us. We are moved by stories, and storytelling is arguably the most talked about topic in brand marketing today. If you know a bit of history, it’s no surprise that we’re wired for telling and appreciating stories. […]
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Attacking a Macro Security Problem with Micro-segmentation
Ransomware is everywhere. And the shift of workloads to the cloud and employees to work-from-home models has only expanded the attack surface, creating new opportunities for attackers to leverage. Companies need Zero Trust solutions that not only defen…
The Great Leak: Microsoft Exchange AutoDiscover Design Flaw
Recently a “design flaw” in the Microsoft Exchange’s Autodiscover protocol was discovered by researchers that allowed access to 372,072 Windows domain credentials and 96,671 unique sets of credentials from applications such as Microso…
Monitoring Our Hay Storage with Edge Connect and Machine Learning
What do hay storage, Akamai?s Edge Connect solution, and machine learning have in common? We use the serverless machine learning system to keep our hay storage safe and secure.
Akamai Named a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Web Application and API Protection
This week, Gartner released its new 2021 Magic Quadrant for Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) report, which replaces the Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls (WAF) report, and Akamai has been named a Leader. Akamai was named a Leader in…
Autodiscovering the Great Leak
See the most recent research from Amit Serper on a vulnerability in Autodiscover from Microsoft Outlook that affects credential leaks.
What Is a TCP Three-Way Handshake?
The TCP three-way handshake is one of the critical building blocks of the internet. It facilitates the smooth and consistent flow of information across and among different networks without compromising security.