Increase customer protection with edge security

Traditional
IT
security
methods
are
increasingly
flawed
and
the
volume
and
sophistication
of
threats
continue
to
increase.

According
to
NETSCOUT,
one
DDoS
attack
occurs
every
three
seconds,
and
the

Cybersecurity
and
Infrastructure
Security
Agency
recently
added
66
new
vulnerabilities
to
its
Known
Exploited
Vulnerabilities
Catalog,
with
new
common
vulnerabilities
and
exposures
(CVEs)
growing
over
25%
year-over-year
in
2022.
New
security
methods
delivered
at
the
edge
of
the
network,
closer
to
the
customer,
are
emerging
as
a
more
effective
method
for
combating
the
increase
in
security
threats.  

Latest
cybersecurity
threats
expose
flaws
in
traditional
security
methods

Let’s
consider
two
methods
of
security
for
customer
data:
firewalls
and
cloud
storage.
Firewalls
are
not
well
suited
to
protect
against
modern
threats.
They’re
meant
to
protect
IT
infrastructure,
servers,
and
databases.
However,
when
companies
only
use
this
security
method
it’s
like
leaving
the
doors
and
windows
of
your
home
open,
without
motion
detectors,
alarms,
or
other
safeguards.

Cloud-based
storage,
while
protecting
data
from
local
(user-level)
loss
or
destruction,
is
increasingly
attractive
to
nefarious
third
parties.
According
to

IBM’s
Cost
of
a
Data
Breach
Report,
45%
of
data
breaches
occurred
in
the
cloud.
Think
about
your
data
center
firewall
as
a
safe
inside
your
home,
where
highly
sensitive
data
is
kept.
It’s
a
singular
line
of
defense
that,
if
broken,
can
be
extremely
costly.
In
fact,
the
average
data
breach
costs

$4.3M.
If
network
downtime
is
involved,
it
can
cost
you

$9,000
per
minute.

The
value
of
edge
security

Edge
security
encompasses
a
large
area
that
includes
more
sophisticated
barriers,
like
the
gate
to
your
community
and
alarms
on
your
windows.
If
a
threat
is
detected,
you’re
alerted
in
real-time
and
can
deploy
rules
instantly
at
scale
with
higher
accuracy.
Edge
security
products
are
also
more
advanced,
leveraging
AI
and
other
tools
to
react
intelligently
to
threats. 

For
example,
edge
security
products
are
designed
to
identify
and
mitigate
various
types
of
attacks
that
target
customer-specific
systems
and
data,
such
as
robust
botnet
attacks,
zero-day
threats,
credential
stuffing,
CVEs,
or
Distributed
Denial
of
Service
(DDoS)
attacks.
It’s
even
possible
to
identify
bots
that
attempt
to
mimic
human
interactions
by
leveraging

AI/ML
and
traffic
behavioral
modeling.
This
level
of
security
cannot
be
found
outside
the
edge. 

Bombay
Stock
Exchange
(BSE),
India’s
leading
stock
exchange,
implemented
edge
security
and
now
detects
threats
in
real-time,
deploys
security
rules
in
under
60
seconds
and
has
cut
infrastructure
costs
by
more
than
50%.

Users
have
come
to
expect
data
privacy
everywhere
they
go.
If
their
trust
is
lost,
consider
it
a
breakup.
According
to

PCI
Pal,
83%
of
consumers
will
stop
spending
with
an
organization
immediately
after
a
security
breach–and
over
21%
of
those
consumers
will
never
return.
Edge
security
products
add
an
additional
layer
of
security,
even
on
top
of
your
cached
content,
and
provide
another
layer
of
proven
security
for
third-party
SaaS/PaaS
partners
you
depend
on. 

Improve
SecOps
productivity
by
adding
security
at
the
edge

Integrating
security
operations
into
the
edge
also
makes
it
possible
to
implement
safe
updates
across
global
domains
in
minutes.
Mature
edge
products
allow
you
to
A/B
test
or
perform
virtual
patches
for
all
changes
by
previewing
modifications
in
an
audit
mode
so
the
impact
of
the
change
can
be
understood
before
it
is
applied.
Instead
of
deploying
a
change
and
then
identifying
an
error,
you
can
quickly
validate
or
iterate
until
you
see
the
desired
impact,
reducing
overhead.
This
is
especially
important
for
zero-day
exploits
where
you
need
to
react
quickly
without
jeopardizing
business
operations. 

Take
action

Security
attacks
are
increasing
in
frequency
and
could
happen
to
your
organization
at
any
time–don’t
wait
to
take
action.
Consider
solutions
that
incorporate
a
variety
of
edge
security
components.
First,
protect
your
physical
network
using
PCI
DSS
end-to-end
encryption.
You
should
also
protect
your
data
against
Origin
attacks
using
DDoS
protection,
Origin
shield,
and
DNS
Management.
Finally,
protect
your
applications
with
WAAP,
Bot
Management,
and
Layer
7
DDoS
protection
that
also
shields
your
APIs.  

Edgio,
a
leader
in
edge
security,
will
examine
your
specific
environment
and
tune
our
solution
to
meet
your
needs.
Edgio
manages
all
layers
of
traffic
protection
using
access
control,
API
security,
rate
limiters,
advanced
bot
management,
custom
rules,
and
managed
rules
to
ensure
your
security
operations
team
can
not
only
quickly
react
but
also
proactively
take
action
against
security
threats.

Learn
more
about
Edgio. 

About Author

AndyC

Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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