Akamai Technologies launched Akamai Guardicore Platform, a security platform combining Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and micro-segmentation that aims to help organisations meet their Zero Trust goals, stop ransomware, meet compliance mandates, and secure hybrid workforce and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
“Across APJ, many security teams are facing formidable hurdles in deploying advanced solutions like microsegmentation because of the scarcity of expertise and knowledge around such solutions. As they navigate this challenge, there’s a growing imperative for streamlined security protocols, offering the key to bolster protection with greater ease and efficiency,” said Reuben Koh, director of Security Technology & Strategy, APJ, Akamai Technologies.
Benefits
Akamai Guardicore Platform claims to offer an industry-first micro-segmentation and ZTNA that can be used together or individually. Its features also include enforcing Zero Trust principles on-premises, in the cloud, and a secure remote and onsite workforce.
It claims to have a unified policy engine, lightweight, consolidated infrastructure, and broad visibility. Its modular flexibility allows expansion of more capabilities, including microsegmentation, ZTNA, DNS firewall, and more.
AI for Zero Trust
Through artificial intelligence, the Akamai Guardicore Platform simplifies user experience, vulnerability assessments, compliance, and incident response through an AI assistant and AI labeling.
“As organisations are adopting Zero Trust, they are looking for simplified experiences that offer broad visibility and granular controls for all assets and access policies. Security professionals can deploy the Akamai Guardicore Platform as a single console to consolidate agents and implement Zero Trust principles across varied infrastructures,” Pavel Gurvich, the senior vice president and general manager of Enterprise Security at Akamai said.