Akamai Launches AI Governance Solution 'Akamai Workforce Protector'
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Akamai said on the 2nd that it launched AI governance security solution 'Akamai Workforce Protector.'
The product is a rebranding of LayerX, an AI and browser security company acquired in May, and supports AI usage control, secure web browser, and real-time DLP.
Akamai said it highlights the limitations of the Perimeter-based security model, applies security to interaction points across people, applications and API, and infrastructure, and offers Shadow AI visibility and blocking of unauthorized AI model uploads.
Akamai Technologies announced on the 2nd that it has launched AI governance security solution 'Akamai Workforce Protector.' 'Akamai Workforce Protector' is a rebranding of the AI and browser security company LayerX, which Akamai acquired in May. It is designed for AI environments and supports AI usage control, secure web browser, and real-time DLP.
Akamai emphasized 'interaction' in the new solution. The company said today's enterprise environment is no longer limited to fixed assets and physical spaces, and that employees' work is also carried out through SaaS use and API calls made through AI agents. It added that, as a result, work is connected not as individual actions but as a flow of interactions.
Amid these changes, Akamai highlighted the limitations of the 'Perimeter-based' security model. It said the 'Perimeter-based' security model separates the inside and outside of a network, but that it has limits in today's enterprise environment.
Workforce Protector is designed around linking security functions to workflows and is configured to apply security controls to multiple interaction points that arise during work processes. The targets for control and management are interaction points across three areas: people, applications and API, and infrastructure, while controls are applied at the points where employees interact with AI, SaaS, and enterprise data.
The solution applies AI security policies within browser sessions and can be deployed without users installing a new browser or requiring enterprises to redesign their network architecture. It also identifies the use of Shadow AI and provides AI governance that controls how in-house AI tools are used.
In addition, it is equipped with a function that detects and blocks unauthorized uploads of sensitive data to AI models. Through this, enterprises can reduce the risks of data leakage and governance, and operate AI in a secure environment.
Ofer Wolf, senior vice president of enterprise security at Akamai, described today's work environment as one in which a continuous flow of digital connections continues.
Based on this environment, he said Akamai Workforce Protector provides security coverage throughout the movement of employees and the AI agents they use. He added that the company aims to provide a safeguard that enables AI adoption without slowing work speed or changing work systems.
Source: IT DAILY · Kim Ho-jun
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