Security News > 2021 > September > Akamai beefs up cybersecurity portfolio with ransomware-tastic Guardicore acquisition

Content delivery network Akamai is set to crack open the piggy bank with the purchase of Israel-based Guardicore.

While Akamai has firewalls and gateways to spare, dealing with miscreants once a foothold has been gained within the corporate infrastructure can present a challenge.

Hence the buy of Guardicore and its technology: "Substantially mitigating the impact of breaches and the threat posed by ransomware," according to Akamai.

Akamai plans to use the capabilities afforded by the agreement to let customers peer deeper into data flows over data centres and clouds.

Doubtless keen for ever bigger and better borkage, Akamai went on to take out a chunk of the internet as its Edge DNS took a tumble.

Akamai has enjoyed solid, if uninspiring, revenues of late.

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