Finally, after all this time Amazon has finally thrown its gloves into the security ring, introducing the AWS WAF and Amazon Inspector. The AWS WAF is the best feature Amazon has rolled out in years, with the last one being
If Google really wanted to, they could probably kill two birds with one stone. First, they could radically transform the competitive landscape within the security industry. Next, they could reduce the impact of DDoS Attacks, Bot Attacks and Malware by
Back in early 2013, the COO of VMWare once said the following about Amazon “I find it really hard to believe that we cannot collectively beat a company that sells books”. Well, it wasn’t a happy ending for the COO
Good to know we’re not crazy after all. What a difference a year makes. On Nov 10, 2014, we published an outrageous idea on “What Happens if FireEye buys Fastly to Counter Palo Alto Networks”. A day after, we published
On October 11, 2014, we wrote a post on why Google should create the “Great Firewall of the World” – primarily because they are the Internet and generate vast fortunes from it. Then on December 2014, we wrote another post
Please make sure you sign up for our weekly newsletter. In this newsletter, we continue with Part 2, and discuss how CDNs can counter the threat posed by an Amazon DDoS Mitigation offering that spans 24 scrubbing centers, 12Tbps of
Here she comes, Amazon is going to bring fury to the DDoS Mitigation market, and turn it upside down. By default, since Akamai is one of the largest providers in the world of DDoS protection, they will feel first impact.
The writing is on the wall, the DDoS Mitigation Market is about to be turned upside down. Some players will go out of business, and others will morph into new hybrids. That’s unfortunate, because Forrester just published an awesome guide
Currently, there are fifteen CDNs with DDoS Mitigation and /or WAF capabilities in the industry. Although all CDNs provide some form of basic DDoS Mitigation by default, where they can absorb large attacks via their massive global infrastructures, we differentiate
Palo Alto Networks (PAN) has come a long way over the last year. Today, PAN is almost as valuable as Juniper + Fortinet combined, or more valuable than Fortinet + FireEye combined. In the Quarter- ending April 2015, PAN recorded
The rumor is “Google plans to invest $100M” in CrowdStrike, which essentially locks up the startup for a later acquisition. If the investment materializes, it will mark a major shift in the overall cyber security business model. Back in April,
It’s been an interesting year for the CyberSecurity CDN business model, as new companies enter the space with their DDoS or DDoS+WAF security offering. There are a dozen CDNs providing this feature, and the number is growing every other month.
Arbor Networks, one of the leaders in the DDoS Mitigation industry is in the process of being acquired by NetScout. The deal is set to close by mid-July. The DDoS Mitigation business continues to change for the better. Akamai acquired
The WAF has been a good friend to the CDN industry for the last couple of years. For some, it has been a life saver. But as the CDN WAF 1.0 starts to age, CDNs must evolve their WAF’s to
The famous Kapersky Lab was compromised by the most sophisticated hacker group of all time. This group had “a long list of almost superhuman technical feats” and “extraordinary skill”. The group was dubbed the “Equation Group” and their work was
