Custom web application firewall (WAF) rules created around specific attack signatures.Automated rate controls that block traffic based on customer- or Akamai-configured thresholds.Akamai mitigates DNS-based DDoS attacks (e.g., DNS amplification), as well as protecting DNS services from DDoS attacks. The DNS component automatically drops non-DNS traffic, including layer 3 and 4 DDoS attacks. The DDoS scrubbing component relies on the Akamai security operations center (SOC) to apply a range of targeted mitigations based on the attack vector (such as by IP or attack signature), including mitigations for SYN floods, UDP floods, and other types of layer 3 and 4 DDoS attacks. The CDN component operates as a reverse HTTP/S proxy that automatically drops all traffic not on port 80/443, including any layer 3 and 4 DDoS attacks. Product DescriptionДЄkamaiвЂ™s DDoS mitigation solution can include CDN-based, distributed denial of service (DDoS) scrubbing, and/or DNS components, depending on each customerвЂ™s requirements. It trades on the NASDAQ exchange as AKAM.

Today Akamai operates a content delivery network that is used by global enterprises and government institutions.

It went on to create internet security solutions and expand into Web and mobile performance, cloud security and enterprise protection products. Company DescriptionДЄkamai pioneered the content delivery network (CDN) concept when the Internet was in its infancy. See our complete list of top DDoS vendors.

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