Akamai equips isps to offer differentiated cybersecurity services to small and mid-size businesses

Akamai announced several updates to its security and personalization services (sps) secure business solution, which provides internet service providers (isps) with turnkey security solutions for small- and mid-sized business (smb) customers. updates include a cloud-based deployment model, customizable service offerings and enhanced threat coverage designed to help isps more quickly seize new revenue opportunities with differentiated security services that are easier to deploy and tailored specifically to smb needs. the new capabilities are designed to help isps grow revenues in saturated markets, differentiate their offerings and reduce service costs. specific deployment options and features that are new to sps secure business include: sps secure business cloud: the saas solution reduces planning and deployment cycles, minimizes hardware and software requirements, streamlines delivery and reduces capital and operational overhead. customizable services: isps can align the look and feel of the service to their brand and offer feature sets and threat protections tailored to local market requirements. enhanced threat coverage: sps delivers continuously updated threat intelligence based on unmatched visibility into dns and web traffic " including an evaluation of 200 billion anonymized dns queries per day gathered from isps around the world " which reduces disruptive false positives and improves responsiveness to fast-changing exploits.
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