{"id":51638,"date":"2023-04-26T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/3694613\/akamais-new-cloud-firewall-capabilities-aim-to-protect-network-edge.html#tk.rss_security"},"modified":"2023-04-26T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:47:00","slug":"akamais-new-cloud-firewall-capabilities-aim-to-protect-network-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/akamais-new-cloud-firewall-capabilities-aim-to-protect-network-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Akamai’s new cloud firewall capabilities aim to protect network edge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Content delivery network (CDN) and cloud security services provider Akamai Technologies has added a network cloud firewall capability to its cloud-based DDoS<\/a> platform, Akamai Prolexic.<\/p>\n

The new feature is designed to allow Akamai\u2019s customers to define and manage their own firewall rules and access control lists (ACLs) \u2014lists of permissions for resources in a computer system or network \u2014to streamline security for their network edges.<\/p>\n

\u201cEliminating bad traffic is possible because Prolexic sits between our customers’ networks and the internet, and shields applications and systems regardless of where they are deployed: on-premises, in a data center, a public cloud, hybrid cloud, or a colocation facility,\u201d said Sven Dummer, the company’s product marketing director, in a blog post.<\/p>\n

Prolexic cloud network firewall will be added to Akamai Prolexic\u2019s existing suite, which includes several different products and services \u2014 including Prolexic DDoS Protection, Prolexic Routed, Prolexic Connect, and Prolexic Site Shield \u2014 to offer various levels of protection against different types of cyberattacks including DDoS attacks, web application attacks, and bot<\/a> attacks.<\/p>\n

Prolexic network cloud firewall expands DDoS protection<\/h2>\n

An Access Control List (ACL) is made up of a list of entries that specify the access level of users, groups, or system processes to a specific resource. For instance, a file’s ACL may include entries for the file owner, individual users, or members of a particular group, each with its own permissions, such as read, write, execute or delete.<\/p>\n

Improvements to Prolexic network cloud firewall include the ability to define custom defenses to block malicious traffic, move rules to the edge, and the ability to adapt to network changes via a new user interface.<\/p>\n