Today, DDoS attacks are one of the most prevalent cyberassaults in our constantly changing threat landscape. Bank of America, MasterCard, PayPal, Sony, Visa, and many more of the world’s largest companies have all been victims of DDoS attacks. These unpredictable attacks continue to increase and grow in sophistication by the day. The availability of an organization’s critical systems depends on its ability to adapt and scale across its online infrastructure and protect it from these types of incidents.
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On December 2, 2013, Akamai Technologies announced its acquisition of Prolexic Technologies, a provider (with more than 400 customers) of cloud-based DDoS protection and mitigation services for data centers and enterprise IP applications, for $370 million. Akamai expects to retain Prolexic’s current management team and combine R&D efforts to accelerate development of new offerings. In this Quick Take, we provide our analysis of what the acquisition means for Akamai, security and risk (S&R) professionals considering DDoS protection and mitigation solutions, competitors, and the trajectory of the market itself.
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