Intro to

Akamai
Guardicore
Segmentation
 The Security Threat landscape is evolving...

Businesses suffer a ransomware attack every 11 seconds

Ransomware costs are expected to reach

$20 Billion in 2021

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 Ransomware Many ways to infect
machines with malware:
WHAT IS IT?
Direct infection
Ransomware is malware that infects Phishing links
a machine, encrypts all of its data,
Typo & bit squatting
and won’t allow decryption unless
the victim pays an extortion fee Accidental downloads
Credential theft
CONSEQUENCES
Supply chain
Down-time, theft of IP/data, Physical access
reputational damage, regulatory fines

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A Better Strategy:
Breaches will happen, but they
Build Ships
don’t have to be catastrophic.

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 But firewalls...

Kill agility Lack security Cost a lot

Through network choke points, They’re blind to the growing Bandwidth-bound tech, with
traffic disruptions, and app amount of encryptions, skyrocketing CPU
changes microservices, and intra-VPC requirements and high inter-
traffic VPC costs

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What is Guardicore Centra?

Centra replaces infrastructure-

based segmentation with a
software-defined model that is
more flexible and more precise.
It works across data center and
cloud environments, is faster to
deploy than traditional
approaches, and provides users
with unparalleled visibility and
control.

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 Our Approach to Micro-Segmentation

Visualization Mapping Policy

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 Why Guardicore Wins

Simplicity Flexibility Coverage

Easy to use Business language Hybrid environments

Highly automated Flexible controls Consistent policy

One intuitive UI Many use cases Many integrations

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 Analyst praise
““ Guardicore’s platform
reduces security
management complexity
and minimizes the need
for multiple point products
in hybrid cloud
environments.
-Gartner
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“ Guardicore is charging into
the Zero Trust space, with
an approach to enabling
Zero Trust that is
emblematic of the largest
players…
“ -Forrester
“ ...easy to use and offers a
wide range of intuitive and
powerful policies to
implement ring fencing,
internal micro
segmentation and much
more.
-SANS
 Guardicore Protects
FINANCIAL SERVICES HEALTHCARE AND PHARMA

COMMERCIAL & SERVICES

TELECOM INSURANCE

LEGAL MEDIA AND SOFTWARE

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Zero Trust Portfolio

Existing solutions prevent attackers from gaining

INTEGRATED POLICY

access to enterprise infrastructure and applications

Web Domain Name Secure Web Multi-factor Zero Trust
Application Service (DNS) Gateway Authentication Network
Firewall (WAF) Firewall (SWG) (MFA) Access (ZTNA)

Micro-segmentation detects breaches and limits

the spread of malware and the damage it can cause
NEW!
Micro-segmentation

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 o 10,000 non-compliant
assets segmented
o Zero application downtime
o 10x faster implementation
saving compliance costs
o Reduced manual effort with
DevOps

Simple and Accelerated Compliance

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 o Business experiencing
brute force attack from the
gang linked to Colonial
Pipeline incident
o Customer enforced one rule
to immediately block RDP
o DarkSide ransomware was
left with no possible points
of entry

Avoided $1M+ Loss From Ransomware

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 o Critical Business
applications running on
unsupported, legacy
operating systems
o Needed to segment these
systems off from the rest of
the network
o Guardicore allowed them to
map dependencies and
secure these applications
Protecting Applications Running on
Legacy Operating Systems
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 Akamai acquires Guardicore
Guardicore Centra will become
Akamai Segmentation in 2022

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