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Akamai Unveils Defenders' Guide 2025 to Empower Cybersecurity Teams
New report features novel research and insights to help security professionals outsmart and outmaneuver cybercriminals CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 11, 2025
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[{"type":"text","content":"New report features novel research and insights to help security professionals outsmart and outmaneuver cybercriminals\nCAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today announced the release of the Defenders' Guide 2025: Fortify the Future of Your Defense. This first-of-its-kind State of the Internet (SOTI) report delivers practical research, including new findings on risk scoring, VPN abuse, and advanced malware techniques to help organizations strengthen their cybersecurity posture. For CISOs, it integrates the security-in-depth framework with proactive measures to help form a firm foundation for research-driven cybersecurity strategies.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"This guide stands as a reminder of the importance for CISOs to incorporate research into their overall cyber strategy. Leveraging leading-edge technical analyses of attacks to inform people, process, and technology enables organizations to mitigate risk within an increasingly complex digital landscape. This approach can ultimately reduce costs by optimizing our security investments and reducing the risk of costly incidents,\" said Boaz Gelbord, Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer at Akamai. \"In essence, a research-driven strategy enables security teams to calibrate their program to the latest developments and build a pragmatic and relevant program to their threat landscape.\"\nThe report offers security practitioners insights from cybersecurity experts and data scientists who are working on the front lines to combat threats on a daily basis. The Defenders' Guide takes a different approach than conventional reports, delivering actionable intelligence rather than abstract trends.\n\"The cybersecurity industry has traditionally published major threat reports to serve CISOs and leaders of cybersecurity — and that's important. What's equally important is an annual report for first-line defenders. The Defenders' Guide is exactly that — and it's the first of its kind in the industry. It gives defenders a comprehensive, centralized resource that consolidates new findings and best practices to stay ahead of emerging threats,\" said Mitch Mayne, head of Cybersecurity Research at Akamai. \"By synthesizing top-tier research, we not only ...