Companies combine security information and
event management (SIEM) technology with Zero Trust solutions to
help increase enterprises' overall security posture.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 6, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud
company that powers and protects life online, today announced a
partnership with Datadog, the monitoring and security platform for
cloud applications, that will enable organizations to integrate
Datadog Cloud SIEM with Zero Trust solutions Akamai Enterprise
Application Access and Akamai Secure Internet Access Enterprise.
The integration will help organizations increase their overall
security posture, reduce risk, and expand the operational
efficiency and effectiveness of security operations teams. This
represents the next step in the Technology Partner Program that
previously integrated Akamai's application and infrastructure
security solutions.
An Akamai report found that the exploitation of zero-day
and one-day vulnerabilities led to a 143% increase in total
ransomware victims between Q1 2022 and Q1 2023. In addition, the
report found that ransomware groups have been increasingly
exfiltrating files as their primary source of extortion. This
underscores the importance of improving network visibility and
enforcing Zero Trust principles to keep systems, data, and people
secure.
"As organizations move to implement a Zero Trust framework, it's
important that they have the necessary visibility into the network
needed to enforce policies and standards," said Pavel Gurvich, Senior Vice President, General
Manager, Enterprise Security at Akamai. "Datadog and Akamai can
help organizations accelerate their transition to Zero Trust and
minimize the friction and complexity of legacy SIEM solutions."
"Visibility and the enforcement of Zero Trust principles are key
to protecting organizations of any size, across application stacks
and cloud providers," said Yash
Kumar, Senior Director of Product at Datadog. "Together with
Akamai, we can help security teams quickly ingest security event
data, analyze it, and mitigate potential threats."
Benefits of the Akamai and Datadog partnership for customers
include:
- Enhanced visibility. When coupled with Akamai's Zero
Trust solutions, the Datadog SIEM provides continuous monitoring
and allows security teams to scrutinize every transaction and
access request to enhance threat detection capabilities.
- Improved threat detection and response. The Datadog SIEM
analyzes vast amounts of data in real time to correlate events and
identify potential incidents or anomalies. When coupled with
Akamai's Zero Trust solutions, unusual behavior or unauthorized
access will trigger an alert to enable rapid incident response and
enhance the ability to mitigate potential threats.
- Contextual insights. Combining Datadog Cloud SIEM's log
and event data with Akamai's Zero Trust solutions, organizations
gain rich contextual insights into user and device behaviors. This
context aids in determining the legitimacy of access requests and
enables organizations to make better decisions when granting or
denying access.
- Compliance and regulatory adherence. Datadog Cloud SIEM
systems naturally help organizations meet compliance requirements
with detailed logs, reports, and audits of security events. When
combined with Akamai's Zero Trust solutions, compliance efforts are
strengthened with continuous monitoring and control over access
that aligns with various regulatory standards.
- Holistic risk management. The combination of Datadog
Cloud SIEM and Akamai's Zero Trust solutions enables a more
holistic approach — from applications to the cloud to risk
management — and allows organizations to proactively identify,
assess, and mitigate risks by continuously monitoring and analyzing
network activities, which reduces the likelihood of a successful
attack.
Learn more about how Akamai and Datadog are helping
organizations increase their overall security posture.
About Akamai
Akamai powers and protects life online.
Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and
secure their digital experiences — helping billions of people live,
work, and play every day. Akamai Connected Cloud, a massively
distributed edge and cloud platform, puts apps and experiences
closer to users and keeps threats farther away. Learn more about
Akamai's cloud computing, security, and content delivery solutions
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