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Industry Leaders Collaborate on New Cybersecurity OfferingCenter for Internet Security and Akamai partnership offers enhanced web security for state, local, tribal and territorial governments, K-12 schools, and hospitals EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y., March 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyberattacks often begin with an unsuspecting user clicking on a link that redirects them to a harmful site containing malware. Even the best employee training won't prevent every mistake. The best way to stop those mistakes from becoming costly cyber incidents is to block those sites automatically. Since 2020, The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) and Akamai have teamed up to offer Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting (MDBR), a program that has blocked more than 10.7 billion requests to known or suspected harmful sites for state and local governments. Now, additional features are being offered through MDBR+ to customize the user experience in blocking malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks. "We are pleased to expand our partnership with Akamai to deliver the MDBR+ service to enhance the web security of state and local government organizations," said Gina Chapman, Executive Vice President, Sales and Business Services at CIS. "MDBR+ harnesses Akamai's extensive visibility into the global threat landscape, combined with CIS's robust SLTT-specific threat database, and offers security teams real-time visibility and custom configuration options to increase their cybersecurity defenses." The additional features include:
"MDBR has been hugely successful at proactively blocking threats that could have significantly impacted the ability of SLTT organizations to deliver public services," said Patrick Sullivan, VP, CTO of Security Strategy for Akamai. "MDBR+ will allow SLLT security teams to customize their environments and policies to enable employees to work where they need to while quickly enhancing their organization's secuity posture, identify compromised devices and protect devices used off-network." To learn more about MDBR and MDBR+, visit the CIS and Akami blogs. To speak with CIS or Akamai about how MDBR+ will further protect SLTT organizations from harmful sites, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]. About CIS: About Akamai: Contact: View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/industry-leaders-collaborate-on-new-cybersecurity-offering-301775011.html SOURCE Center for Internet Security |