CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20, 2018 Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:
AKAM), the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering
digital experiences, today announced that it was cited as a Leader
in The Forrester New Wave™: Bot Management, Q3 2018 evaluation. In
the report, Forrester evaluated "the 12 providers that matter most
and how they stack up". Akamai received a "differentiated' rating,
the highest possible, in the Attack Response, Threat Research,
Reporting and Analysis, Feedback Loops, Road Map, and Market
Approach criteria.
According to the report, the internet is flooded with automated
traffic, including bad bots and software programs that malicious
attackers use to automate their attacks, often times mimicking
human behavior. The report states, "To combat these most
sophisticated bots, security pros need a bot management tool that
can layer detection methods such as statistical analysis of user
behavior to detect anomalies, and continuously update reputational
scoring. A bot management vendor threat research team will keep
abreast of new bot trends."
One of the "Key Takeaways" from the report noted that, "For many
buyers, threat research will be a key decision criterion, as it
indicates whether the vendor continually updates its products for
the next wave of bot attacks." Forrester's Take in its evaluation
found that, "Akamai's standout capabilities include the ability to
respond to attacks by serving alternative data and deprioritizing
bad traffic, as well as threat analysis that can tie to financial
loss."
Akamai believes this is further supported by Forrester's
September 6, 2018 report titled,
"Stop Bad Bots from Killing Customer Experience" that
finds "Bots have evolved to avoid detection, [and] even basic
web-scraping bots can mimic customer behavior, making them
difficult to discern from legitimate users. New tools and
techniques are necessary to keep up with these malicious
advancements."
Akamai's bot management solutions provide behavioral
detection and response logic that is constantly updated
by Akamai security researchers and powerful machine learning
algorithms, to protect digital businesses from vulnerabilities
and emerging threats. Akamai maintains that protecting
critical sites and apps requires integrated services delivered at
the edge with the capacity and intelligence to absorb, deflect and
adapt to evolving threats.
The Forrester New Wave report states that, "Akamai Technologies
is best for companies wanting to thwart bots at the edge. Companies
that already use Akamai for performance or other security
protection will find adding bot management easy." Customers praise
Akamai Technologies' ability to respond to bots and product
support, with one customer cited as saying, "Watching fraud drop
was one of the best features we could have seen" and another
stating, "We can scale and stop attacks with any type of mitigation
anywhere in the world."
"Akamai is focused on delivering the most intelligent bot
management solution in the market, leveraging the visibility and
integrated edge services that only our platform can
deliver," said Josh Shaul, Vice
President of Web Security, Akamai. "We believe that the best in
class bot management solutions use behavior detection, machine
learning, and human intelligence to maximize protections, and we
are happy to be recognized as a leader in this new report and to
receive the highest ratings possible in the attack response, threat
research and road map criteria. Akamai is looking forward to
participating in the evolution of the Bot Management Wave report as
the industry matures."
Akamai has now been recognized by Forrester as a "Leader" in its
most recent Wave reports for DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Web
Application Firewalls, and Bot Management. A complimentary copy of
The Forrester New Wave™: Bot Management, Q3 2018 evaluation is
available for download here. For additional information regarding
Akamai's Bot Management offerings, visit here.
About Akamai
Akamai secures and delivers digital
experiences for the world's largest companies. Akamai's intelligent
edge platform surrounds everything, from the enterprise to the
cloud, so customers and their businesses can be fast, smart, and
secure. Top brands globally rely on Akamai to help them realize
competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power
of their multi-cloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps
and experiences closer to users than anyone — and attacks and
threats far away. Akamai's portfolio of edge security, web and
mobile performance, enterprise access and video delivery solutions
is supported by unmatched customer service, analytics and 24/7/365
monitoring. To learn why the world's top brands trust Akamai, visit
www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com, or @Akamai on Twitter.
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