Akamai Technologies has expanded its cloud-based suite of security capabilities with the introduction of its Web Application Firewall-managed service. Implemented on Akamai's EdgePlatformT, the world's largest distributed computing system, the service provides a scalable edge defense system for blocking Web application attacks in the cloud.
Based on the open-source ModSecurityT Core Rule Set supported by Breach Security, the Akamai Web Application Firewall service is designed to protect against the most common and harmful types of attacks and exploitation techniques such as SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and other Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top-10 attacks.
"The Akamai Web Application Firewall service is designed to secure enterprises at the HTTP application layer by enabling both instantaneous scaling of defenses as needed, as well as filtering of corrupt traffic as close to the attack source as possible," said Andy Ellis, Chief Security Architect at Akamai. "Attacks vary in degree from small and devious, to large and brute-force; and Akamai's Web Application Firewall is the right architecture to address both. We have defended customers from application layer attacks on the magnitude of over 100 Gbps, demonstrating that massive distribution at the edge is critical as malicious activity grows in size and complexity."
The Akamai Web Application Firewall service provides customers with a unique approach to easily and economically defend their Web applications. With no hardware to manage or maintain, customers manage their own security rule set through Akamai's customer portal. Additionally, the Akamai Web Application Firewall service helps enable Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard compliance.
