Join the Public Sector Technology Exchange (PSTE) and Akamai Technologies for an innovative government, higher education, and industry leadership forum entitled “Extortionists, Exfiltrators, and Hacktivists - What your Department Must Know in the New Era of Security Threats.” Forum Topics: New Era of Cyber Security Threats Hacktivists Targeting Your Organization DD4BC and the Danger Coming to Your Organization Leveraging the...

Are your sites and web-based applications HTTPS ready? Public awareness of data and identity theft is increasing. News stories about corporate and government sites who have leaked Personally Identifiable Information (PII) have become commonplace. Bloggers and watchdog groups are frequently “shaming” sites for using unsecured protocols to transmit data. Online tools that measure the quality of site security are being used to identif...

EVENT PROCEEDING AS SCHEDULED Edge Conference Overview: True innovators don’t wait until technology trends impact them; they harness and push the limits of the technology to create new business opportunities. The Akamai Edge Conference 2013 is a gathering of the industry revolutionaries who are committed to creating leading edge experiences, realizing the full potential of what is possible in a Faster Forward World. From customer innovat...

EVENT PROCEEDING AS SCHEDULED Now more than ever public sector professionals are encouraged to make available trusted information and services online. At the same time, constituents, demand secure, high-performing opportunities to access the information that matters most - anytime, anywhere, from any device. Join Akamai and its partners this October in Washington, DC for a valuable, focused overview of the current and emerging technology trend...

Solutions That Can Help Protect from the Increasing Frequency, Scale, and Sophistication of Web Attacks In the last week the largest publicly announced attack in Internet history occurred when Spamhaus, an organization which identifies and tracks spam senders and services, was hit with a huge wave of digital traffic that took down their website. This event highlights the need for enterprise organizations to protect their DNS infrastructure fro...

Multi-factor BYOD authentication solution for government With a rapidly expanding mobile workforce, today’s worker demands the ability to access information at any time and from any location. As smart phones and mobile devices become increasingly more prevalent in everyday business transactions, the threat of theft and other illegal activity continues to rise. No matter what your current budget, your agency cannot afford to ignore the ne...

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and Web application attacks, along with attacks targeting DNS (Domain Name Server) infrastructure, represent some of the most critical threats to organizations today. These attacks target a wide range of organizations and can cause downtime, loss of confidential information and revenue, drive up bandwidth costs, and severely impact an organization’s reputation. In December 2012, DNS Amplification atta...

Join us at Akamai’s complimentary 2nd Annual Government Forum, Innovating at the Edge, at the Grand Hyatt Washington, DC, Wednesday, November 16th. This event is tailor-made for you—the local, state and federal government IT professional who needs to securely leverage the power of the Internet. You know the challenges facing your organization—come and discover the latest solutions. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn f...