Dean Houari

Mar 1, 2024 | akamai.com | Ravit Greitser |Dean Houari

More granular control. Microsegmentation enables more precise, granular control over traffic flowing across individual workloads and applications. Firewalls usually control traffic at the perimeter or among large network segments, while VLANs control traffic at the network layer but with less granularity.  Greater flexibility. Microsegmentation policies can be easily adapted to meet evolving requirements without requiring significant changes to network infrastructure.

Mar 1, 2024 | akamai.com | Ravit Greitser |Dean Houari

NIST. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a cybersecurity framework that provides guidance for private sector organizations. Organizations seeking federal contracts or operating in regulated federal environments are often required to comply with NIST cybersecurity standards. ISO 27001.

Feb 26, 2024 | akamai.com | Dean Houari |Abigail Ojeda |Andrew Terranova |Tommy Cormier

At 4:00 PM ET on February 19, 2024, the authorities took action to disrupt and dismantle the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) infrastructure, seize funds, and arrest two individuals. The authorities placed a seizure notice on the LockBit site. Operation Cronos seized more than 11,000 domains and 34 servers.