Security News > 2020 > October > Akamai Acquires Asavie for Its Mobility, IoT Services
Akamai on Tuesday announced that it has acquired Asavie, an Ireland-based company that provides mobility, IoT and cybersecurity solutions.
Asavie has developed a platform that helps enterprises secure their mobile and IoT devices by placing assets inside private network slices.
Akamai says its acquisition of Asavie is part of its strategy to advance 5G security, and it hopes to expand its ability to secure mobile and other cellular devices in increasingly distributed enterprise environments.
Akamai has decided that Asavie's solutions will become part of its Security and Personalization Services product line.
"We believe the addition of Asavie will help Akamai's carrier partners address enterprise and mid-market customer demand for IoT and mobile device security and management services," said Dr. Tom Leighton, CEO and co-founder of Akamai.