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Akamai Extends Its Industry-Leading DDoS Defense with Prolexic On-Prem and Hybrid Options Powered by Corero
Partnership will offer customers best-in-class security and reliability CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:
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[{"type":"text","content":"Partnership will offer customers best-in-class security and reliability\nCAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today announced a global partnership with Corero Network Security (LON: CNS), the specialists in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection solutions. Akamai is now offering Corero's on-premises DDoS protection to extend Akamai Prolexic, Akamai's own comprehensive portfolio of DDoS security solutions.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nDDoS attacks continue to be one of the most prevalent forms of cyberattacks. According to Corero's threat research, DDoS carpet bombing attacks rose by 300% in 2022, and IPv6-based DDoS attacks increased by 500% during the same period. Similarly, Akamai has observed a record-breaking increase in high packet rate DDoS attacks by cybercriminals, state-sponsored actors, hacktivist groups, and other malicious actors targeting sectors such as financial services, gaming, high tech, and commerce.\nProlexic is a cloud-based DDoS protection platform designed to stop attacks before they reach applications, data centers, and internet-facing infrastructure. Now organizations of all sizes that require on-premises DDoS defenses, whether in addition to cloud-based protection or as a stand-alone solution as part of their own network, can leverage Akamai Prolexic On-Prem, which is powered by Corero's SmartWall ONE. The Corero SmartWall ONE solution includes patented mechanisms that accurately detect and automatically stop volumetric and state-exhaustion DDoS attacks to prevent downtime.\n\"As organizations increasingly adopt hybrid workloads, the question of whether to deploy on-premises DDoS protection or subscribe to a cloud DDoS provider is not an 'either-or' choice. The partnership between Corero and Akamai provides a comprehensive approach to DDoS protection, allowing organizations and service providers to rest easy for both their on-premises and cloud-based needs,\" said Corero's Chief Technology Officer, Ashley Stephenson.\nAkamai Prolexic On-Prem, powered by Corero, helps protect against DDoS attacks on-premises and provides customers and mitigators maximum flexibility for use cases where a cloud solution cannot or may not be used exclusively. Akamai Prolexic Hybrid combines cloud-based and on-...