CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the intelligent edge
platform for securing and delivering digital experiences,
announced that it was cited as a Leader in The Forrester New
Wave™: Bot Management, Q1 2020 evaluation. In the report, Forrester
evaluated "the 13 most significant providers in the category" and
"where they stand in relation to each other." Akamai received a
"differentiated" rating, the highest possible, in the Attack
Detection, Attack Response, Management UI, Reporting and Analysis,
Feedback Loops, Performance Metrics, Roadmap, and Market Approach
criteria.
According to the report, the internet is flooded with automated
traffic from sources such as search engines, virtual assistants,
and chatbots. But running counter to productive automated traffic
are bad bots – software programs that malicious attackers use to
automate their attacks. The Forrester report states, "To combat
these most sophisticated bots, security pros need a bot management
tool that can layer detection methods such as statistical analysis
of user behavior, collect biometrics to detect anomalies, and
continuously update reputational scoring."
One of the "Key Takeaways" from the report noted that, "The top
bot management tools combine extensive signal collection with deep
analysis to detect simple and sophisticated attacks." Forrester
rated Akamai as "differentiated", the report's highest possible
rating, in the attack detection criterion. Additionally,
Forrester's Take in its evaluation found that, "Akamai leads the
pack with robust attack response and reporting capabilities."
Akamai was one of only two evaluated vendors in the report to
receive "differentiated" ratings in both attack detection and
attack response criteria.
Akamai's bot management solutions offer behavioral-based
detections with advanced machine learning algorithms powered by
unmatched volumes of data on the intelligent edge platform.
Interacting with 1.3 billion unique devices on a typical day,
Akamai can identify anomalies in hundreds of signals collected from
clients to detect the most sophisticated bots. On average, Akamai
detects more than 480 million bot requests per hour and 280 million
bot logins per day, taking action at the edge to protect digital
businesses from a continuously evolving bot landscape.
The Forrester New Wave report also calls out that, "Akamai is
the best fit for companies looking to thwart bots at the edge" and
"Akamai CDN and security customers will find bot management easy to
deploy and integrated with their other capabilities." Customers
praise Akamai's UI and strong and improving reporting. One customer
said, "The depth of analysis we can go into with the newest UI
features is a plus" and another stating, "We like its (Bot Manager
Premier) ability to classify and categorize the bot type."
"Akamai is proud to be positioned as a leader in this report
with the highest score in the current offering category," said
Raja Patel, Vice President of
Products, Web Security, Akamai. "Our solutions leverage Akamai's
vast visibility into both human and bot traffic in the machine
learning detections to identify the most sophisticated evolving
bots, and our Intelligent Edge Platform provides our customers with
the unique capability to stop bots at the edge."
A complimentary copy of The Forrester New Wave™: Bot Management,
Q1 2020 evaluation is available for download here. For additional
information regarding Akamai's Bot Management offerings, visit
here.
About Akamai
Akamai secures and delivers digital
experiences for the world's largest companies. Akamai's intelligent
edge platform surrounds everything, from the enterprise to the
cloud, so customers and their businesses can be fast, smart, and
secure. Top brands globally rely on Akamai to help them realize
competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power
of their multi-cloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps
and experiences closer to users than anyone — and attacks and
threats far away. Akamai's portfolio of edge security, web and
mobile performance, enterprise access and video delivery solutions
is supported by unmatched customer service, analytics and 24/7/365
monitoring. To learn why the world's top brands trust Akamai, visit
www.akamai.com, blogs.akamai.com, or @Akamai on Twitter.
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