Shield NS53 protects on-premises and hybrid DNS
infrastructure from resource exhaustion attacks
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 9,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and
protects life online, today announced the launch of Akamai
Shield NS53, a product that protects on-premises (on-prem) Domain
Name System (DNS) infrastructure from resource exhaustion attacks.
These attacks overwhelm servers to the point that they can no
longer respond to valid DNS queries. The new offering complements
Akamai Edge DNS, which is a comprehensive cloud-based DNS
solution, and Akamai Prolexic, the industry-leading
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection platform for Layer
3 and Layer 4 attacks.
Over the past three years, there has been a significant increase
in the number and the scale of DDoS attacks on DNS infrastructure.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, more than 60% of the DDoS attacks
mitigated by Akamai had a DNS component, emphasizing why the
security, availability, and reliability of critical DNS
infrastructure remains a high priority for digital infrastructure
security leaders. If the DNS infrastructure of a business or
institution goes down, their online presence also goes down,
causing reputational damage and financial losses.
"Akamai recognizes the security challenges faced by our
customers and our partners in a rapidly evolving threat landscape,
and we focus on offering robust DDoS protection for all key entry
points to their digital infrastructure, whether on-prem, in cloud,
or hybrid," said Sean Lyons, SVP and
GM of Infrastructure Security at Akamai. "Organizations are looking
for a better way to manage the increasing volume of DNS/DDoS
attacks they face every year. With the launch of Shield NS53,
customers can rest assured their servers will have no downtime, and
they can instead focus on business operations."
Akamai processes more than 11 trillion DNS requests daily and
finds that roughly 40% of DNS queries for the top 50 financial
services customers are illegitimate NXDOMAIN queries, also known as
DNS resource exhaustion attacks. Security leaders can now rapidly
and easily deploy Akamai Shield NS53 to protect their on-prem
and hybrid DNS infrastructure from such attacks. This solution
helps customers by:
- Acting as a shield between cybercriminals and critical
digital assets to stop illegitimate DNS queries at the edge of
Akamai's network while responding to legitimate queries either from
cache or forwarding them to the customer's original DNS server,
thereby improving its security, availability, and performance.
- Proactively building custom DNS security policies, which
can be self-configured by customers using the Akamai Control Center
or APIs. Customers have complete control over their dynamic policy
configurations and data, and can enforce their policies in real
time.
- Improving the performance and the ROI of existing DNS
infrastructure by acting as a bidirectional proxy service,
reducing latency and improving user experience. Additionally,
Shield NS53 improves and optimizes the total cost of ownership and
the ROI of customers' investments in their existing on-prem or
hybrid DNS infrastructure.
Akamai is leveraging its global partner ecosystem and extensive
on-premises enterprise infrastructure security expertise to assist
customers in onboarding Akamai Shield NS53. The new solution is
available immediately from Akamai's strategic partners such
as Carahsoft in North
America, and from additional authorized partners globally.
Organizations can visit the Akamai Partner Directory to
find a partner for their region, or contact us for
help.
About Akamai
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secure their digital experiences — helping billions of people live,
work, and play every day. Akamai Connected Cloud, a massively
distributed edge and cloud platform, puts apps and experiences
closer to users and keeps threats farther away. Learn more about
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Contact
Jim
Lubinskas
Akamai Media Relations
703.907.9103
jlubinsk@akamai.com
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