Akamai Gets Edgy With Platform Expansion and Upgrades

Akamai updated its edge security, web performance, and media delivery products targeted at easing cloud migrations and operations. Among the numerous updates is the ability to intelligently serve or block content with a fully integrated virtual private network (VPN) and domain name system (DNS) proxy detection service. There is also a new token authentication that serves browsers and devices not supporting cookies. And, the company’s platform can now block the playback of stolen content. Akamai also added support for automated protection of API traffic, added attack groups across its web application firewalls, and installed advanced throttling capabilities in its API gateways.