Akamai presents its Enterprise Threat Protector

Akamai Technologies has introduced Enterprise Threat Protector which is designed to provide customers quick-to-deploy and easy-to-manage cloud-based protection against the impact of complex targeted threats such as malware, ransomware, phishing and DNS-based data exfiltration.

Akamai’s Enterprise Threat Protector is designed specifically to address the “intelligence gap” in the DNS infrastructure. Using threat data gathered through Akamai’s Cloud Security Intelligence capabilities, Enterprise Threat Protector layers critical intelligence onto a company’s recursive DNS requests, preventing users from accessing malicious domains and lowering risk for businesses of all sizes. The value of Enterprise Threat Protector comes from the solution’s ability to better determine the “intent” of a DNS request from the enterprise. Enterprise Threat Protector can also disrupt communications between devices within an enterprise that have already been infected with malware and the bad actors’ command and control (C2) servers.

Akamai’s Enterprise Threat Protector is designed specifically to:

* Significantly improve security defenses and close DNS security gaps by proactively blocking DNS requests to malware drop-sites, ransomware sites, malware command and control sites and DNS data exfiltration and phishing domains based on unique and up-to-date threat intelligence.

* Instantly add scalable protection without complexity or hardware by utilizing a fully cloud-based solution that can be configured and deployed in minutes with no disruption for users.

* Improve security while reducing management time by managing security from anywhere and deploying policies in seconds to protect all locations.

* Help customers easily improve compliance and enforcement of Acceptable Use Policies by blocking access to objectionable or inappropriate domains.

* Improve DNS resilience through Akamai’s carrier-grade, global intelligent platform.

“Enterprises can’t afford to spend significant time deploying and operationally scaling new security layers given the rate of change of the advanced threat landscape,” said Christina Richmond, Program Director, IDC Security Services. “They need a simple and fast way to add effective security controls. Using a global cloud-based DNS infrastructure like Akamai’s Enterprise Threat Protector simplifies security by giving the enterprise effective protection against malware and DNS threats that can be self-integrated and operates at a global scale.”

“Our customers’ security teams are facing adversaries that consistently shift attack tactics and vectors, specifically seek out gaps in defenses and can be incredibly persistent in attempts to find weaknesses in a company’s security posture. Enterprises need quick-to-deploy and easy-to-manage cloud-based solutions that can address these unique issues as part of their overall security strategy,” explained John Summers, Vice-President and General Manager, Enterprise Products, Akamai. “With Enterprise Threat Protector, we’re providing our customers with a powerful, intelligent solution that can help detect and stop targeted attacks in their tracks.”

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