Compare Akamai Prolexic vs. Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector

Akamai Prolexic is a DDoS protection solution that helps organizations protect internet-facing infrastructure from attacks that can cause outages, service degradation, and network congestion. The platform supports cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployments and can operate continuously or be activated on demand depending on an organization's requirements. Incoming traffic is routed through Prolexic, where mitigation controls inspect traffic, identify malicious activity, remove attack traffic, and forward clean traffic to the customer's infrastructure. Akamai provides 32 global anycast scrubbing centers and more than 20 Tbps of dedicated DDoS defense capacity within its broader network infrastructure of more than 1 Pbps. Prolexic includes dynamic mitigation controls for IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, network-wide access control lists, and firewall capabilities through Prolexic Network Cloud Firewall. Organizations can also use Prolexic over Akamai Direct Connect to establish private, high-performance connectivity between their origins and Akamai's DDoS protection infrastructure. Akamai provides a 100% Prolexic platform availability SLA and a zero-second mitigation SLA, with 24/7/365 support and optional managed security operations services. The service is backed by more than 225 frontline Security Operations Command Center defenders who assist customers before, during, and after attacks. Prolexic is intended for enterprises, network operators, cloud and hosting companies, and SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS providers requiring high-capacity DDoS protection across distributed infrastructure.

Enterprise Threat Protector operates as a cloud-based secure web gateway (SWG), allowing security teams to facilitate safe Internet connections for users and devices, no matter their location, while eliminating the challenges linked to traditional appliance-based solutions. Utilizing the globally distributed Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, it proactively detects, blocks, and mitigates various targeted threats including malware, ransomware, phishing, DNS data exfiltration, and sophisticated zero-day attacks. The real-time visualization feature highlights the phishing, malware, and command & control threats that Akamai successfully intercepts for its customers, leveraging its deep insights into both DNS and IP traffic. This enables organizations to safeguard web traffic efficiently across all corporate locations and for users outside the network, simplifying the process with a cloud-based secure web gateway (SWG). Ultimately, Enterprise Threat Protector enhances overall cybersecurity posture by streamlining threat management and ensuring robust protection against evolving digital threats.