Akamai Technologies , Inc. NASDAQ AKAM, the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today announced that it is extending its industry-leading segmentation solution, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, to support agentless enforcement for cloud native resources in Amazon Web Services AWS, further expanding its existing capabilities in cloud environments. In addition, Akamai added new features to its Zero Trust Network Access ZTNA product, Akamai Enterprise Application Access. These features aim to enhance application performance while providing a superior user experience.
Nearly one third 32 of cybersecurity breaches involved ransomware or extortion, according to the Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report . The same report found that ransomware was a top threat across 92 of industries. These statistics highlight the need for organizations to implement a comprehensive Zero Trust framework to defend against the rapidly growing threat landscape.
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation available on AWS While organizations of all sizes are implementing public cloud strategies to innovate and realize new efficiencies, challenges remain. Leveraging Akamai Guardicore Segmentation in the cloud helps organizations address a lack of visibility into application behavior, the need to configure disparate security policies across cloud providers, and governance issues between DevOps and SecOps teams.
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation provides seamless microsegmentation for multicloud and on-premises environments, now complemented by agentless support for platform as a service PaaS resources across Azure and AWS.
Were giving Akamai customers the visibility and security controls they need to protect their cloud environments - while ensuring a smooth single-pane-of-glass experience - by seamlessly delivering the applications and services users rely on, said Ofer Wolf , Senior Vice President, General Manager, Enterprise Security at Akamai. Whether our customers are on-prem, in the cloud, or leveraging IaaS or PaaS capabilities, were making sure they can focus on growing their business and serving their customers, not stress about their Zero Trust journey.
