The Akamai Intelligent Edge provides security for billions
Keep apps , code , and experiences close and threats far away with the world ’ s largest and most trusted edge platform , from Akamai
Akamai powers and protects life online . The most innovative companies worldwide choose Akamai to secure and deliver their digital experiences — helping people live , work , and play every day . The US-based company has the world ’ s largest and most trusted edge platform , which keeps apps , code , and experiences closer to users and the danger of threats far away . “ Our goal is to make life better for billions of people , billions of times a day ,” said Steve Winterfeld , Advisory CISO at Akamai .
“ We protect and deliver world-class digital experiences for financial services in a sustainable way ,” said Winterfeld . “ We support more than 400 financial institutions , including eight of the 10 largest banks in the world .”
Akamai brings both depth and breadth to the cyber fight :
• 1,400 networks
• 135 countries
• 800 + Tbps capacity
• 24 / 7 monitoring
• 1,900 services experts
Winterfeld noted that threat risk tends to follow the money . “ We use our deep threat intelligence to enhance our tools to stop , or mitigate these threats .
“ Transformation today is built around DevOps and application programming interfaces ( APIs ), which we protect directly ,” Winterfeld said . Many Akamai customers are moving more toward APIs . According to the APIfocused Akamai State of the Internet ( SOTI ) report there has been a threefold increase in attacks on APIs in the past year .
“ As threats continue to evolve , Akamai helps our customers achieve situational awareness of where their risks are today ,” said Winterfeld .
Finastra relies on Akamai
Finastra — the world ’ s largest pure-play financial services software company — uses Akamai web application and API security capabilities to protect its customers .
“ If someone carries out a direct attack or denialof-service attack against Finastra , Akamai security solutions step in to mitigate these types of threats so as not to impact its customers .”
To find out more , visit www . akamai . com