Akamai has been a pivotal partner for the U.S. Army for nearly a decade, ensuring that soldiers remain connected, informed, and protected across all mission environments. From enterprise headquarters to the tactical edge, Akamai’s solutions support millions of users and thousands of applications, maintaining operational continuity and security.
Key takeaways
- Akamai’s decade-long partnership with the U.S. Army has been instrumental in ensuring soldiers are always connected, informed, and protected, no matter where their mission takes them.
- Tactical ICAM for PEO C3N. In the face of contested, degraded, or denied environments, where mission systems must remain accessible, Akamai’s authentication solutions are designed to ensure that warfighters can log in and stay connected, even with limited or unstable communications.
- Zero-downtime migration for EAMS-A. Akamai has maintained more than 2 million daily authentications across thousands of Army applications, ensuring that soldiers and commanders can focus on their mission without being hindered by login issues.
- Akamai Defense Edge is set to revolutionize the Army’s future cloud and cyber posture by combining DoD-grade security with a global edge footprint, ensuring high-speed, secure access to applications and data in both CONUS and OCONUS theaters without adding latency or increasing costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Akamai’s Tactical ICAM for PEO C3N is specifically designed to handle denied, disrupted, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) environments. It ensures that warfighters can log in and stay connected to mission systems even in the most unstable and challenging communication conditions, thereby reducing the risk to soldiers and enhancing mission effectiveness.
The zero-downtime migration for the Army Enterprise Access Management System (EAMS-A) was a critical success, maintaining more than 2 million daily authentications without any interruptions. This seamless transition across thousands of applications ensured that soldiers and commanders could focus on their mission rather than be bogged down by login issues.
Akamai’s current ECE support through DISA GCDS is vital for global missions, ensuring fast and reliable application performance. This high-availability delivery is crucial for maintaining operational responsiveness and resilience, whether in CONUS installations or OCONUS deployments.
Akamai Defense Edge, set to launch in 2026, combines DoD-grade security with a global edge footprint. It includes 4,400+ edge locations for low-latency content delivery, a Zero Trust architecture integrated with NIPRNet, and cost optimization through intelligent edge caching, all designed to meet the future cloud and cyber posture needs of the U.S. Army.