Kona Security Solutions - Overview
RSA® Conference 2013
The Akamai Intelligent Platform
Pushing Optimization and Security to the Edge
Massive Akamai Global
Overlay Network
Customer Origin
Akamai Edge Server
closest to or AT Origin
Edge Server close
to End User
Web Server
Akamai’s Intelligent
Platform optimizes,
conditions and controls
the Internet
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Security embedded into Akamai
Edge Servers at the edge
Users
Hybrid Defense – the “new normal”
DDoS Protection (Network and Application Layers);
Web Application; Direct-to-Origin; and DNS attacks
Network
Firewall
Web
Application
Firewall
Web
Server
(Origin)
Application
or Database
Server
Akamai Web Site Security
Traditional Data Center Security
Massively scalable solution
Limited scalability
Coordinated response
Self-managed or MSSP
Highly differentiated
Off the shelf solution
Proven
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Customer
Database
Akamai Kona Security Solutions
Customer Origin with Akamai
(Cloud)
Datacenters
End-User
Origin
Traffic
Akamai
Traffic
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Expansive DDoS and Web Application Defenses
Kona Site Defender Components (Included)
• DDoS mitigation
• Network & Application layers
• Massive scale
• Offload to origin.
• Adaptive Caching
• Content served from Edge during
attack
• Web Application protection (WAF)
• Rate Controls
• Application Layer controls
• SQLi, XSS, etc.
• Custom Rules
• Access Control
• Cloak Customer Origin
• Prevent direct-to-Origin attacks
• Compliance Management
• ISO Security Standard (27002)
• Site Failover
• NetStorage
• Log Delivery Service
• Security Monitor
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Moving the mouse over a
graph line allows you to see
the details of the data point
selected.
Overview
Stats by Geography
The heat map can be used
to determine the geographic
sources of the top
attackers. This can be
viewed as a graph (shown
here) or as a table.
Stats by Dimension
There are three windows
that allow you to select
specific dimensions (event
parameters) .
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