Webinars

On-Demand Webinar | The Future of Live Streaming

Recorded January 17, 2019

For many content providers and rights-holders, live streaming represents an exciting opportunity to connect directly with their target audiences plus drive new revenue streams.

During this webinar, we discussed topics including the pros and cons of live streaming as compared with broadcasting, how to measure quality of experience and reliability, which business models are being used, current best practices, ongoing challenges, critical initiatives, and much more.

Hear from Alec Hendry, Senior Director of Technology Convergence for Viacom, Will Richmond, Editor and Publisher at VideoNuze, and Henrik Eriksson, Service Line Manager at Akamai, for a roundtable discussion covering:

• The state of live streaming today
• How to measure quality in live streaming and ensure a positive user experience
• Successful business models for live streaming
• Best practices associated with live streaming

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How eSports Can Combine Old and New Monetization Models to Reach New Heights

Summary:

Money is pouring into eSports with more games, more viewers and more investments coming in. But in order for companies to take advantage of this massive opportunity, they need to go beyond just using legacy sports broadcasting models and innovate to create more compelling and interactive experiences. Watch this webinar to learn about how the current eSports model stacks up against traditional sports and the new technologies that will change the existing business model.

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Prepare for Peak—Ensuring the Optimal Holiday Shopping Season

Summary:

The holiday shopping season is nearly upon us, and each year retailers must ramp up their efforts to ensure a flawless customer experience. With projections suggesting this holiday shopping period will top last year’s traffic and revenue records, ensuring that your business is prepared has never been more important.

Join Rahul Ghosh, chief strategist of commerce at Akamai and Rick Bazaz, Sr. Engineering Mgr of eCommerce at Dick's Sporting Goods to learn tried and tested practices that have helped retailers meet and even surpass consumer expectations.

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On Demand EMEA Webinar: Summer 2018 State of the Internet/Security

Summary:
Internet security is never static, and attack strategies are becoming more sophisticated than ever. Join Akamai for this webinar about trends, statistics, and real-world stories from our Summer 2018 State of the Internet / Security Report: Web Attacks.

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4 Pillars of Security When Downtime Isn’t an Option and Data Protection Is A Must

Summary:
Watch Clator Butler, Senior Security Specialist from Akamai Technologies, talk about the four pillars of security critical to the health provider industry as well as hear how others in your industry are aligning this strategy to enhance their security program, manage DDoS mitigation, monitor traffic, stay compliant and move towards a zero trust model.

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Maximizing Success for Digital Businesses

Summary:

The cost of switching is low, consumers are transient, and user expectations for how digital experiences should perform have never been higher.

Watch this webinar, to understand the methodology to overcoming these barriers by continuously improving user experiences through Monitoring the quality of user experiences, Optimizing web & mobile apps, and API performance and Validating the impact of those investments while ensuring you are prepared to meet expectations.

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Maintaining availability while under attack - How Whitbread and Costa mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks

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State of Streaming: How OTT Leaders View Quality; Opportunity Shifts to Live/Live Linear

Summary:
View the latest OTT industry webinar now to learn the results of the 2018 “Managing the Service” survey, where leading online video service providers shared how they are planning to address quality, scale, and economics to make OTT a viable replacement for traditional TV.

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Webinar: Key Findings from the Ponemon Report: The Cost of Credential Stuffing

Recorded April 5, 2018

Summary:
Credential stuffing has significant challenges for IT and security leaders trying to defend against it: It’s difficult to tell who is accessing your websites using stolen credentials, which in turn makes it problematic to prevent and remediate these attacks.

With the potential loss of millions of dollars at stake, it’s critical to have a smart defensive strategy and proactive response system in place. In this webinar, Dr. Larry Ponemon, founder of Ponemon Institute, discusses the results of a recent survey of more than 550 IT professionals revealing key stats about credential stuffing, including the costs incurred to prevent damage, and the consequences when attackers succeed.

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On-Demand Webinar: State of the Internet/Security Report – Q4 2017 Findings (North America)

Recorded March 29, 2018

Speakers:
Patrick Sullivan, Senior Director of Security, Akamai
Martin McKeay, Senior Security Advocate, Akamai

Summary:
Attend this webinar and arm yourself with the latest data, analysis, and in-depth research on the ever-changing threat landscape.

We'll cover:

• Attacks on Financial Firms
• The Evolution of Mirai
• Bot Traffic Analysis
• Credential Abuse Research
• Web Application Attack Trends for 2018

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On-Demand Webinar: State of the Internet/Security Report – Q3 2017 Findings (North America)

Recorded: December 5, 2017

Speakers:
Renny Shen, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Akamai
Mike Kun, Manager of Information Security, Akamai

Summary:
Attend this webinar for an overview of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and web application trends and data gathered from Q3 2017.

Attend this webinar and learn about:

• The latest trends in DDoS and web application attacks
• How IoT and other macro trends continue to facilitate the growing number and size of attacks
• New attack vectors such as Fast Flux and WireX

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Equifax Breach Lessons: How to Stop the Next Breach - or Slow It Down

Recorded: September 29, 2017

Speaker:
Josh Shaul, VP of Product Management, Akamai
Rick Holand, VP Strategy, Digital Shadows
Chris Sullivan, SVP, Chief Information Security Office, Core Security

Moderator:
William Leichter, VP Marketing, VIrsec Security

Summary:
What are the lessons learned from the recent slate of mega-breaches (Equifax, CIA, NSA)? How can we apply these lessons toward educating our workforce and strengthening our organizations' security posture?

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What Every Agency Head Must Know About Executive Order 13800

Thursday, September 7, 2017
2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT

Speaker:
Micah Maryn, Senior Solutions Engineer, Akamai,

Summary:
On May 11, 2017, President Donald Trump enacted the Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure, announcing several new policies and actions to meet the title objective.

So, what should agency heads expect once the risk management reports have been submitted?

Join Micah Maryn, Senior Solutions Engineer of Akamai, for a complimentary webcast to better understand:

• How policies for modernizing federal IT infrastructure differ from previous policies like “Cloud First”
• How cloud security plays a key role in the “Cybersecurity of Federal Networks”
• Why resiliency to botnets is a focus and how to address automated distributed threats
• How Akamai supports these initiatives for US Federal Government today

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State of the Internet/Security Report – Q2 2017 Findings (North America)

Recorded: September 14, 2017

Speakers:
Daniel Shugrue, Director of Product Marketing, Akamai
Miguel Serrano, Director of Product Marketing, Akamai

Summary:
Join us for an overview of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and web application trends and data gathered from Q2 2017.
Learn how:

• The Internet is becoming more and more like generic infrastructure, and what that might mean to governments interested in securing and maintaining it
• The Conficker Worm of 2008 has come back to haunt us in 2017
• The Mirai botnet is somehow now responsible for thousands of little attacks as opposed to one gigantic attack

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The State of the Internet / Security Report: Latest DDoS and Web App Attack Trends Overview

Speaker:
Nick Rieniets, Senior Security Specialist, Akamai Technologies

Summary:
Get an overview and analysis of traffic and trends from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and web application attacks. Key topics will include:

• A summary of global findings from the State of the Internet Report
• Attack statistics for APJ
• How IoT botnets have changed the attack topology in APJ
• The responsibilities for security of IoT

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Cyber Security: Are You Ready for 2017?

Speaker:  
Michael Smith, CTO, Security, Asia Pacific & Japan, Akamai Technologies

Summary:  
This webinar will explore historical developments in the DDoS threat landscape, how criminal operators are building out their botnets, technical examination of new botnet trends, such as the Mirai IoT botnet, and mitigation/response strategies. Concluding with predictions and recommendations.

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Cyber Threat Landscape for State & Local Government: Lessons Learned in 2016 and Challenges for 2017

Speakers:  
Jerry Petrosino, Senior Solutions Engineer, Akamai

Summary:  
Cyber-attacks have become more organized, advanced, persistent, and adaptive. It is imperative for government organizations to prepare for these challenges, while continuing to meet the demands and compliance requirements of current users.

Drawing on the tumultuous events of 2016, including numerous high-profile cyber-attacks and data breaches, we’ll identify what organizations can do to defend themselves. View this webinar to learn how to start implementing a more secure, robust cyber security strategy for 2017.

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Does That Video Streaming Service Really Make the Grade?

Speakers:  
George Winslow, Contributing Editor, B&C
Colin Dixon, Chief Analyst & Founder, nScreenMedia
Noreen Hafez, Director, Global Product Marketing, Akamai

Summary:  
View this on-demand webinar to hear a panel of industry thought leaders discuss the latest research conducted among leading OTT video service providers.

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State of the Internet Security Report: Q3 2016 Findings

Speakers:  
Daniel Shugrue, Director, Security Product Marketing, Akamai
Miguel Serrano, Director of Product Marketing, Akamai

Summary:  
Akamai sees more than 2 trillion Internet interactions every day and mitigates 40 - 50 DDoS attacks every month. Our security experts analyze this information and share trends, observations, and findings in the quarterly State of the Internet Security report. View this webinar for an overview of what we found after analyzing data from Q3 of 2016.

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State of the Internet Security Report: Q2 2016 Findings

Speakers:  
Daniel Shugrue, Director, Security Product Marketing, Akamai
Miguel Serrano, Director of Product Marketing, Akamai

Summary:  
Akamai carries traffic from the 30 largest media organizations, 100 of the world's largest banks, and 96 of the top 100 online U.S. retailers. This provides visibility into the disposition of both legitimate and malicious traffic around the globe and across industries. Our security experts analyze this information and share trends, observations, and findings in the quarterly State of the Internet Security report. Join this webinar for an overview of what we found after analyzing data from Q2 of 2016.

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The Promise of the Cloud

Speaker:  
Shawn Michels, Product Line Director, Media Services, Akamai Technologies 

Summary:  
Broadcasters, studios and online video companies have been using cloud services for many years, predominantly in areas such as video storage, transcoding and packaging for on-line delivery. In this webinar, Akamai will review the business rationale and benefits of using cloud technology for on-line media workflow processes and how well the technology has performed against the promise.

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State of the Internet Security Report: Q1 2016 Findings

Speaker:
Dan Shugrue, Director, Security Product Marketing, Akamai

Summary:
Akamai sees more than 2 trillion Internet interactions every day and mitigates 40 - 50 DDoS attacks every month. We analyze this information to better understand the state of Internet security, and then share what we find with the market. Join this webinar for an overview of what we found after analyzing data from Q1 of 2016.

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Akamai Webinar Featuring Frost & Sullivan: Bots. Not Just an IT Problem.

Speakers:
Chris Rodriguez, Senior Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan
Renny Shen, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Akamai

Summary:
Get smart about bots - and manage them - to enable desired exchanges of information and thwart nefarious activity. Learn about the organizational impacts of unmanaged or blindly blocked bots, as well as bot management best practices. Topics to be discussed include:

• How bots adversely impact performance, customer engagement, satisfaction, sales and market share
• How just blocking bots can adversely impact both IT and the business
• How to develop an enterprise-wide strategy to proactively manage and categorize good and bad bots

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State of the Internet - Security Report: Q4 2015 Findings

Speakers:
Daniel Shugrue, Director of Security Product Marketing, Akamai
Miguel Serrano, Product Marketing Director, Akamai

Summary:
Akamai sees more than 2 trillion Internet interactions every day and mitigates 40 - 50 DDoS attacks every month. We analyze this information so we can educate the market about the state of security on the internet. Trends & topics explored include:

• Web and DDoS attack statistics and trends by industry
• New DDoS attack trends: repetition (average of 24 attacks per victim), duration, size and frequency
• Web vulnerability scanning and probing activity observed from 200,000+ machines at Akamai's Edge Firewall
• How chaotic actors are using web application attacks to manipulate search engine ratings

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Cyber Threat Landscape Webinar: Lessons Learned in 2015, the Challenges in 2016

Speaker:
Tony Lauro, Sr. Enterprise Security Architect at Akamai Technologies Inc.

Summary:
Drawing on the tumultuous events of 2015, including numerous high-profile cyber attacks and data breaches, we'll identify what organizations can do differently to start implementing a more secure, robust cyber security strategy for 2016. We'll take a look at the defensive tactics some organizations have deployed and why they failed and how effective cyber resiliency can be achieved.

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The Next-Generation Government Portal

Speakers:
Matthew J. Davis - Cio AITR/ISO, Virginia Department of Elections
Rob San Martin - Director Akamai Public Sector

Summary:
Join the Virginia Department of Elections, Government Technology magazine and Akamai for an in-depth discussion of how a hosted Content Delivery Network (CDN) can deliver content that is reliable, secure, scalable under peak demand, and enables responsive delivery to customer mobile devices. Topics will include:

• Getting started and considering customer expectations
• Key building blocks for success
• Delivering scalability and performance with a cloud based CDN
• Using a CDN to minimize security and vulnerability risks
• Using a CDN to deliver responsive content to mobile devices
• Ways to assess the costs and benefits of cloud based CDNs versus local infrastructure

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Successful Mobile Development: Stop Sacrificing Performance for Rapid Development!

Speakers:
Michael Facemire - Forrester Research Principal Analyst Serving Application Development and Delivery Professionals
Berk Veral - Akamai Technologies Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Web Performance Solutions

Summary:
As the mobile mind shift accelerates in 2016, high technology firms are under increased pressure to deliver great customer experiences across any device, anywhere. Join Akamai and Michael Facemire, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, in a discussion that dives into the problem areas that impede mobile performance and provides guidance on this not-so-black-and-white dimension of quality.

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Protecting the Protector: How Law Enforcement Agencies are Securing their Web Presence

Speakers:
Tony Lauro, Sr. Enterprise Security Architect at Akamai Technologies Inc.
Daniel Steeves, CIO of the Ottawa Police Service

Summary:
This webinar will discuss the evolving threat landscape that is hitting the public safety sector, innovative approaches being taken by numerous public organizations and the approach being taken by Daniel Steeves, CIO of the Ottawa Police Service.

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Demystifying the Live and On-Demand Workflow Puzzle for OTT Services

Speaker:
Peter Chave

Summary:
Falling down when trying to go over-the-top (OTT) isn't an option. Whether you're building an OTT service from the ground up or figuring out how to transition your existing infrastructure to support a new OTT business model, creating a highly integrated live or on-demand video workflow is a must-have. Reliability, scale and performance are three essential ingredients that every successful video workflow solution requires.

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DDoS: Aged Protocols are Fuelling

Speaker:
Martin McKeay, Senior Security Advocate, Akamai Technologies

Summary:
They say old protocols never die. Okay, no one really says that, but it's what happens in reality. If you look around a little, you can still find organisations with token ring networks while dial-up modems still account for a small, but significant part of Internet usage worldwide. And then there are the current protocols that simply never get updated. DNS and NTP are staples of the Internet that are absolutely necessary.

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The Known and Unknown Costs of DDoS

Speaker:
Martin McKeay, Senior Security Advocate, Akamai Technologies

Summary:
Criminals are increasingly turning to cyber-crime as their method of choice, thanks to the increased accessibility provided by numerous automated attack tools and 'for hire' subscription services. The number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against organisations' websites, for example, are increasing rapidly and the true business costs are often unknown. In addition to the more obvious impacts associated with the lost web transactions associated with downtime, there are also reputational and other ephemeral costs that are harder to quantify. 

In this webinar, we'll be examining both the monetary and reputational costs of an attack on your infrastructure, as well as some of the measures you can take to combat these attacks. With data drawn from Akamai's State of the Internet Report, we'll be talking about real world examples of attacks and how these could affect your business.

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Hacker's Toolkit: DDoS for Hire

Speaker:
Martin McKeay, Senior Security Advocate, Akamai Technologies

Summary:
It's no secret that there are botnets for hire, groups of computers that can, and are, used against our organizations on a daily basis. But what is the nature of these botnets? What abilities do each of the installed toolkits offer to the attacker? Most importantly how do their capabilities change the defenses necessary to protect yourself? 

We'll cover two of the most recent toolkits that have been seeing wide usage. Learn a little about the people behind the attacks, where the attacks are coming from and what you might expect to see in the near future.

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OTT 2.0: Navigating the Current Landscape and Exploring the Future

Speaker:
John Bishop, CTO, Akamai Technologies

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Akamai Technical Insights Series

Topic:
Web Design Strategies and Image Management Best Practices

Speakers:
Steven Scian, Senior Solutions Architect, Akamai Technologies
Michael Gooding, Solutions Engineer, Akamai Technologies

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Why You Need to Prioritize a Web Security Strategy for Your Enterprise Today

Topic:
Web Security

Speakers:
Tony Lauro, Senior Enterprise Security Architect Enterprises

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Building Your SaaS Solution: The Recipe for SaaS Success

Topic:
Performance

Speakers:
Robert Mahowald, Program Vice President SaaS and Cloud, IDC
Mike Hanson, CISO, Mindbody
Jim Geronaitis, Senior Industry Marketing Manager, Akamai Technologies

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HTTP/2 Uncovered: Top tips for successful implementation

Topic:
Web Performance

Speakers:
Michael Gooding, Web Performance Evangelist, Akamai
Richard Still, Technical Architect, The Financial Times

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Got HTTPS?

Topic:
Web Security

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Performance Matters

Topic:
Web Performance - Consumer

Speaker:
Jason Miller and Berk Veral

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High Performance Images - Beautiful Shouldn't Mean Slow

Topic:
Web Performance - Consumer

Speaker:
Guy Podjarny - CTO, Web Experience

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DDoS Trends and Security Services for Media and Entertainment

Topic:
Security

Speaker:
Stuart Atherton

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7 Reasons to Modernize your Application Delivery Strategy

Topic:
Web Performance - Enterprise

Speaker:
Greg Lord

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Making Responsive Websites Fast

Topic:
Web Performance

Speaker:
Guy Podjarny - CTO, Web Experience, Akamai Technologies

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Building a Responsive Security Strategy: Managed Security Services

Topic:
Web Security

Speakers:
Robert Pearson - Senior Product Manager, Managed Security Services, Akamai Technologies
Mike Kaplan - Security Customer Success Manager, Akamai Technologies

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Barbarians at the Gate: How IP Reputation Stops the Bad Guys Before They Attack

Topic:
Web Security

Speaker:
Dan Shugrue - Director of Product Marketing, Akamai Technologies

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Mastering "The Uneven Handshake" for Cloud Success

Topic:
Web Performance

Speaker:
James Statten - Forrester Research

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Best Practices to Architect the Internet as an Extension of Your Enterprise Network

Topic:
Web Performance

Speakers:
Matt Ringel - Senior Network Architect, Akamai Technologies
Greg Lord - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Akamai Technologies

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Cloud Computing in Government: Progress & Best Practices 2015

Topic:
Web Performance

Speakers:
Tom Ruff - VP of Public Sector Americas, Akamai Technologies
Dave Mihelcic - CTO, DISA
Richard McKinney - CIO, Department of Transportation
Herb VanHook - VP, Deputy CTO, BMC Software
Kathy Conrad - Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies, GSA

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Take Back the Cloud

Topic:
Web Security

Speaker:
Micah Maryn – Senior Solutions Engineer, Akamai Technologies

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Faster Forward to SaaS Expert Tips

Topic:
Web Performance

Speakers:
Liz Herbert - VP, Forrester Research
Drew Garner - Director of Operations Architecture, Concur
Greg Lord - Senior Product Marketing Manager, Akamai Technologies

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