Name: Accelerate Your Compliance with the Latest PCI DSS Standards
Start: 2024-08-29T18:08:00Z
End: 2024-08-29T18:08:12.000Z
Location: BrightTALK

Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence, and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai’s full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world’s most distributed platform. Global enterprises trust Akamai to provide the industry-leading reliability, scale, and expertise they need to grow their business with confidence. Learn more at akamai.com and akamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies on X and LinkedIn.

Cyberattacks are growing more sophisticated, leaving no industry untouched. As organizations expand digital operations and interconnect systems, the attack surface widens — particularly in high-target sectors like retail. One of the most dangerous tactics used by attackers is lateral movement, allowing them to silently escalate access and compromise critical assets.

When you're under attack, every second counts — and Akamai can help, whether you're a customer or not. From the moment a threat is detected, Akamai provides immediate support to contain and neutralize attacks in progress.

Organizations around the world rely on Akamai Guardicore to stop lateral movement through real-time microsegmentation, minimizing breach impact and securing high-value systems. And with Akamai Hunt’s proactive threat-hunting services, backed by behavioral analysis, anomaly detection, and IOC identification, even stealthy threats can be uncovered and addressed before they cause serious harm.

No matter your size, industry, or existing setup — if you're under attack, Akamai is ready to help.

Join us to learn how to:
- Contain ransomware with microsegmentation that stops lateral movement.
- Detect early-stage attacks using behavioral analysis and IOCs.
- Uncover stealthy threats through proactive threat hunting with Akamai Hunt.
- Implement Zero Trust controls across hybrid and cloud environments.

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE Credits by watching our Webinar and providing us with your ISC2 Member ID number either in 'Question' or 'Rate this' section.

Isolating Ransomware Attacks to Block Lateral Movement and Protect Critical Assets

Join Akamai's Director of Field Security Technology, Michael Villar, for a live webinar where we break down the microsegmentation playbook—what it is, how it fits into a Zero Trust architecture, and how to deploy it for maximum visibility and control. Whether you're defending your enterprise against lateral movement or isolating critical workloads, microsegmentation is your MVP for reducing risk.

In this session, you'll learn:
- How to tackle lateral movement and insider threats
- Key components of a successful microsegmentation strategy
- Real-world use cases and deployment tips

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE Credits by watching our Webinar and providing us with your ISC2 Member ID number either in 'Question' or 'Rate this' section.

Endpoints to End Zone: Build Your Microsegmentation Defense

In this "If APIs Could Talk" episode, we’ll explore the Akamai API Security integration with ServiceNow and how it helps organizations bring visibility and control to API security. APIs are often invisible to traditional asset management and security tools, leaving gaps in governance and response. With this integration, you can automatically push API data into the ServiceNow CMDB, link vulnerabilities to the AVR module, and give IT and security teams shared visibility and workflows for remediation. The session will include a walkthrough of how the integration works, examples of how API findings are surfaced in ServiceNow, and practical tips for streamlining response and closing security gaps more efficiently.

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE credits by watching our webinar and providing your ISC2 Member ID in the 'Questions' or 'Rate This' section.

Ep. 20 From Discovery to Remediation:  Managing API Security with Akamai and ServiceNow

Security buyers face endless claims about protection efficacy — but how do you separate marketing from measurable reality?

In this session, SecureIQLab and Akamai break down the results of the industry’s only recurring, standards-based comparative WAAP test. Join Cameron Camp, Analyst Security Researcher and Akamai’s Brent Maynard, to learn how independent testing is conducted, why resiliency and false-positive avoidance matter as much as detection rates, and where most vendors still fall short.

We’ll share Akamai’s top-performing results, key market learnings, and the practical questions every security leader should ask when evaluating a WAF or WAAP. Walk away with actionable insights to validate your current defenses and strengthen your buying decisions.

Want to learn more? Compare WAAP vendor efficacy data in this 2025 report: https://www.akamai.com/lp/report/2025-waf-comparison-report

Additional Resources:

-On-Demand Webinar: Extend WAF Protections: https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13169/646081
-Webinar: Adaptive Security Engine: Next-Gen WAAP: https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/13169/651706

Independent Testing, Real Results:  How Secure Is Your WAAP?

LLMs are becoming high-value attack surfaces — vulnerable to prompt injection, data exfiltration, AI-specific DoS, and output manipulation. Traditional security stacks have to evolve to see, understand, or stop these threats.

In this episode, we’ll take you under the hood of Akamai’s Firewall for AI — a purpose-built solution designed to protect generative AI and LLM applications from real-time exploitation. We’ll walk through the system’s architecture, policy models, and detection capabilities — and showcase a live demo of how it stops AI-layer threats otherwise missed.

You’ll learn:
- How Firewall for AI enforces security policies against prompt injection, jailbreaks, and abuse
- How configurable context-aware detections protect AI APIs and chat interfaces
- How organizations can monitor, control, and secure LLMs without disrupting performance or innovation

Whether you're deploying third-party models, fine-tuned internal copilots, or exposing AI via APIs — this session shows how to make AI defenses operational, scalable, and resilient by design.

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE Credits by watching our Webinar and providing us with your ISC2 Member ID number either in 'Question' or 'Rate this' section.

Firewall for AI: The Next Gen-AI Protection is Here

As AI continues to accelerate software development, new risks are emerging faster than most security teams can respond. Developers are building faster with AI-generated code, giving rise to “Shadow AI”: unsanctioned tools, agents, and automations that operate beyond the reach of visibility and governance. Every one of these AI workflows depends on APIs, and every hidden API represents potential exposure.

In this next session of Akamai’s “APIs in the Age of AI” series, experts from Akamai and Snyk unpack how to bring security back into focus. You’ll learn how AI is changing the way applications are built, why visibility into API schemas is the foundation of control, and how organizations can close the gap between AI-driven development and traditional AppSec.

What you’ll learn:

•How “Shadow AI” emerges across enterprises—and why APIs are at the center of it
•The risks of AI-generated code and agent-to-agent communication
•How visibility and schema discovery can eliminate blind spots in your API landscape
•Practical steps to integrate continuous API testing and runtime protection
•How Akamai and Snyk’s joint approach helps secure both the APIs and the AI systems they power
 
Join us to explore how to go from Shadow AI to Secure APIs—and how to safely accelerate innovation in an AI-powered world.

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE Credits by watching our Webinar and providing us with your ISC2 Member ID number either in 'Question' or 'Rate this' section.

APIs in the Age of AI: From Shadow AI to Secure APIs

As enterprises rapidly adopt AI, the digital fabric enabling these experiences is powered by APIs. Every interaction, every data exchange, and every AI model call depends on APIs to connect and perform. Yet that same connectivity introduces new vulnerabilities that can expose data, models, and business logic to risk.

In this session, Akamai security leaders explore why securing APIs is the foundation of securing AI itself. You’ll gain insights into emerging attack vectors targeting AI-powered applications, learn how attackers exploit API blind spots, and discover strategies to enable AI innovation without compromising security.

What you’ll learn:

•How APIs fuel modern AI applications—and where they introduce risk
•Real-world examples of API-based AI breaches and lessons learned
•Practical steps to strengthen API security without slowing AI initiatives
•Why “Securing AI starts with Securing APIs” is becoming the new security imperative
 
Join us for this episode in Akamai’s APIs in the Age of AI series and learn how to protect the intelligence—and the infrastructure—driving your digital future.

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE Credits by watching our Webinar and providing us with your ISC2 Member ID number either in 'Question' or 'Rate this' section.

APIs in the Age of AI: Why Securing APIs Means Securing AI

In this episode of If Your APIs Could Talk, we’ll dive into a new integration that brings together Akamai’s enterprise-grade API discovery with Snyk’s developer-focused DAST engine. One of the biggest blockers to effective API security testing is the lack of accurate, up-to-date API specifications, especially in large, distributed environments. That’s where this integration comes in.
 
You’ll learn how joint customers can now automatically feed APIs discovered by Akamai from traffic, code, and infrastructure into Snyk for rapid testing and remediation, all without manual schema uploads. We’ll show how this streamlines workflows, increases coverage, and helps both security and development teams reduce risk earlier in the lifecycle.
 
Whether you’re trying to shift API security left, boost test automation, or get more value from your existing tools, this session will walk you through how Akamai and Snyk are solving application security challenges together.

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE credits by watching our webinar and providing your ISC2 Member ID in the 'Questions' or 'Rate This' section.

Ep 19 - Akamai API Security + Snyk Integration Deep Dive

As generative AI and automation tools become more accessible, attackers are increasingly turning to AI to supercharge their efforts—and APIs are in the crosshairs. This webinar will dive into how threat actors are using AI to uncover, exploit, and scale attacks against APIs faster than ever before.

We’ll walk through real-world examples of AI-assisted reconnaissance and exploitation, and examine why traditional security tools often fail to catch these evolving tactics. Most importantly, we’ll show how defenders can fight fire with fire—using AI and machine learning to detect subtle anomalies, surface misconfigurations, and stop threats before they escalate.

You’ll learn:
 • How attackers are using AI to automate API discovery and exploit vulnerabilities
 • Common blind spots in API security defenses—and how AI is making them more dangerous
 • How modern API Security solutions use AI to detect, respond, and adapt in real time

If you’re responsible for securing APIs—or just want to understand the next wave of cyber threats—this is a session you won’t want to miss.
This session will guide attendees through the latest trends in AI-driven attacks, how attackers are using AI to attack APIs, and tips and tricks from our Threat hunting team on how they use automation to combat these fast growing threats.

AI-Assisted Attacks on API Security: What You Need to Know

Media and Entertainment companies are increasingly adopting cloud native, API-driven workflows, and the security landscape is evolving rapidly. As APIs become critical infrastructure, many organizations struggle with visibility, accountability, and cross-team alignment — leaving gaps in their security posture. In this webinar we'll explore the current state of API security in M&E, reveal why companies are falling behind, and share how cross-functional collaboration can drive stronger security outcomes.

What you’ll learn:
- Why API visibility remains a persistent challenge in M&E environments.
- How cross-functional collaboration can strengthen your API security strategy.
- Insights from a global study and access to a white paper with practical recommendations.

API Security is a Must-Have in the Media & Entertainment Workflow

This session will explore the critical role of cyber resiliency in helping public institutions withstand and recover from today’s evolving threats. We’ll dive into strategies for reducing attack surfaces, visualizing networks, and securing critical IT assets—while also examining how compliance regulations can enhance security and safeguard sensitive data. Attendees will come away with actionable insights for strengthening their security posture, minimizing vulnerabilities, and preparing their organizations to face future challenges in an increasingly complex threat landscape.

It's Not the Breach. It's the Spread: How Florida SLED Organizations Can Strengthen Critical Infrastructure Resiliency

The financial consequences of data breaches are escalating rapidly, driven by steep regulatory fines and a growing wave of class-action lawsuits. As regulators become more aggressive and threat actors more sophisticated, organizations must take a hard look at their cyber risk posture. Join this session to explore key Akamai takeaways from the Forrester report "Lessons Learned From 2024’s Top Data Breaches And Privacy Abuses", including:
- Key trends from the 35 largest data breaches in 2024
- Mapping of cyber risks to innovation based on emerging threats
- Lessons from 6 common incident types — and how to reduce their impact

Let other companies' breaches make your business case. Update your risk profile now — before the costs hit your bottom line.

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE Credits by watching our Webinar and providing us with your ISC2 Member ID number either in 'Question' or 'Rate this' section.

From Breach to Backlash: How to Protect Against Legal and Financial Fallout

AI models — especially LLMs — are now prime targets for a new generation of threats engineered to exploit their unpredictability. From prompt injection and AI jailbreaking to data exfiltration and model theft, attackers are rapidly evolving tactics to manipulate model behavior, access sensitive data, and disrupt business-critical AI systems.

In this second episode of the Firewall for AI webinar series, we’ll break down how these attacks work, what makes them difficult to detect, and how defenders can get ahead of adversaries targeting AI and LLMs. 

You'll learn:
- The anatomy of prompt injection attacks and how they bypass input filters
- How AI jailbreaking leads to toxic output, policy evasion, and reputational risk
- Real-world risks of AI-driven data leaks, model theft, and training set poisoning
- Why AI-specific DoS attacks don’t look like traditional DDoS

Whether you're securing customer-facing apps, internal copilots, or proprietary models, this session will arm you with the knowledge to spot — and stop — these threats early.

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE Credits by watching our Webinar and providing us with your ISC2 Member ID number either in 'Question' or 'Rate this' section.

How Hackers Target AI: A Look Inside Today’s LLM Exploits

Want faster insights from your AI efforts? Then you need to get the inferencing process closer to users and devices. Join this webcast as a guest analyst from IDC and a cloud expert from Akamai offer strategies for organizations to optimize AI and their infrastructure by moving AI inference closer to the edge. They will discuss:

• Use cases, opportunities, and success stories of AI at the edge
• How to overcome challenges that stand in the way of ROI
• Capabilities and solutions that optimize AI inference

AI everywhere: How distributed cloud is reshaping inference

Companies are spending billions in AI, building apps like customer service chatbots and decision tools to help customers select the best products. And there is much riding on these apps – organizations expect these big investments to create revenue, streamline operations, and reduce costs. Unfortunately, along with the new opportunities come new threats.

AI-driven applications are non-deterministic, giving different results every time even when given the same input. And because of this, bad actors can manipulate and attack these apps in unique ways. These attacks often go unseen and undetected, so you could suffer significant damage before you realize what happened. In this talk, we’ll show you how you can protect yourself from these new dangers.

Find out: 
- The most misunderstood risks of AI apps
- The most common attacks and how they hurt companies’ top and bottom lines
- How security teams and business leaders can partner successfully to get the most ROI from AI apps
- Questions to ask when evaluating AI Security solutions

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE Credits by watching our Webinar and providing us with your ISC2 Member ID number either in 'Question' or 'Rate this' section.

Securing AI‑Driven Apps: Stopping Attacks Before They Stop You

Ransomware is entering a new era where GenAI and LLMs amplify attacks — from AI‑crafted phishing and prompt manipulation to quadruple extortion schemes that weaponize compliance. The SOTI Ransomware 2025 Report shows how groups like CL0P and FunkSec are merging ransomware with AI to scale operations and pressure victims from every angle. To keep pace, defenders must extend protections across AI models, APIs, and other emerging attack surfaces.

This session explores how attackers exploit agentic AI, non‑human identities, and TrickBot‑powered ecosystems — and what security teams can do to stay ahead. We’ll highlight evolving tactics like prompt injection and AI‑powered phishing, and examine how AI‑aware defenses can secure LLMs, APIs, and other critical entry points.

Key Takeaways for Attendees:
- How AI‑driven ransomware groups are reshaping the threat landscape
- Why quadruple extortion and regulatory weaponization raise the stakes for every enterprise
- How microsegmentation disrupts lateral movement and limits blast radius
- Strategies to secure both human and non‑human identities across modern environments
- Practical ways to leverage API visibility and AI‑aware defenses against next‑gen ransomware

Akamai is an approved ISC2 CPE Submitter Partner. Earn CPE Credits by watching our Webinar and providing us with your ISC2 Member ID number either in 'Question' or 'Rate this' section.

Ransomware Report 2025: The AI-Powered Threat Era

Join us to understand how DDoS Attacks against the Financial Sector have moved from nuisance to strategic threat as well as how those same trends are impacting other industries. DDoS attacks have grown in complexity, scope and speed with many being driven by political vs cybercriminal goals, which require new risk analysis and protections. Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and Akamai have teamed up to share:
 
• Trends in threat methodology, tactics, and motivations
• Attacks by region, infrastructure, and motivations 
• Best practices and maturity model to protect against DDoS

Nuisance to Strategic Threat: DDoS Attacks Against the Financial Sector

In this session, we'll discuss the latest PCI DSS 4.0 requirements for script protection so brands can better identify, monitor and manage suspicious and malicious script behavior.

Akamai Client Side Protection & Compliance

Demonstrating compliance with data protection regulations has traditionally required significant effort and resources to mitigate mostly familiar risks. However, the digital landscape is evolving rapidly, introducing threats that many enterprise compliance programs don't fully address. Even regulatory bodies themselves can't always keep pace and provide explicit guidelines covering every aspect necessary to prevent breaches.

This is the case with API protection. Every time a customer, partner, or vendor engages with your business digitally, there's an API behind the scenes facilitating a rapid exchange of information that often includes sensitive data. Understanding and mitigating API threats is essential as APIs become increasingly integral to our technological infrastructure. This webinar will equip you with an understanding of API risks, effective strategies to safeguard your systems, and the direct implications of APIs on your compliance initiatives.

This webinar is ideal for IT professionals, security analysts, compliance officers, and anyone involved in API development and management who is looking to enhance their understanding of API security and compliance.

API Security and Compliance: Requirements for Data Protection

In an era where digital threats are rapidly evolving, the European Union has responded with two pivotal regulations: the NIS2 Directive and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). These frameworks are not merely updates; they are comprehensive overhauls designed to secure the EU's digital infrastructure across all critical sectors and financial entities. NIS2 extends its reach to ensure uniform cybersecurity across the EU, while DORA establishes rigorous resilience requirements for the financial sector, affecting every organization that conducts financial operations in Europe.

This session will explore the sweeping impacts of these regulations and illustrate how compliance is not just a legal obligation but a crucial strategic advantage. The Akamai Guardicore Platform plays a vital role here, providing the sophisticated tools needed to meet these regulations—through advanced segmentation, enhanced monitoring, and robust defense mechanisms against cyber threats.

During the session, you will:
- Understand the extensive impact and delve into how NIS2 and DORA reshape the cybersecurity landscape for a wide range of organizations.
- Learn how Akamai Guardicore Platform specifically aids in adhering to these critical regulations.
- Explore actionable strategies to overcome the complexities of compliance.

This webinar is designed to not only inform but also equip you with the necessary tools to navigate this new regulatory environment successfully.

How to Prepare for the Wide-Ranging Effects of NIS2 & DORA

Dive into the intricate realm of API Security Compliance with our second episode in our monthly series, If Your APIs Could Talk.  As organizations strive to meet stringent security standards, ensuring that APIs adhere to regulatory requirements becomes non-negotiable. In this session, our technical experts will guide you through the nuances of API security compliance, exploring topics such as data privacy, encryption protocols, and region-specific regulations. 

Join us for a comprehensive journey into the technical intricacies that power API Security Compliance. 

Don't miss this opportunity to decode the complexities and unveil the driving forces behind compliance in the API landscape. Register now.

Ep. 2 - What Drives API Security Compliance

Explore the evolving landscape of compliance through our interactive webinar, focusing on the new PCI DSS 4.0 standards. In this session, Mark Carrizosa, our esteemed Director of Information Security and owner for the Akamai Global PCI program, takes on the auditor's role in a simulated live audit, while Chris Trynoga simultaneously demonstrates how Akamai Guardicore Segmentation adeptly navigates the evolving compliance challenges of PCI 4.0. This webinar aims to clarify and simplify the complexities involved in adhering to the new standards, offering an in-depth examination of the procedures and tactics for seamless compliance navigation. 

Gain hands-on experience with the most current compliance strategies and acquire thorough knowledge on the critical elements of PCI DSS 4.0, all through a mix of expert discussions and real-time demonstrations. Whether you're new to the compliance scene or a veteran looking to update your practices with the newest standards, this webinar is designed to elevate your understanding and application of compliance measures.

During the session you will::
- Understand the nuances and requirements of PCI DSS 4.0 from experienced professionals. 
- Learn how to leverage Akamai Guardicore Segmentation for efficient and effective compliance with the latest standards. 
- Enhance your understanding of PCI DSS 4.0 and how to apply it to your compliance efforts.

Note: The simulated audit scenario presented is designed for educational purposes to illustrate proactive compliance strategies with PCI DSS 4.0. Individual results may vary.

Ready, Set, Comply: Gearing Up for PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance

Are you ready to meet PCI DSS v4.0?

As the use of payment card data has evolved and become more widespread, the methods and techniques that attackers use to access, harvest, and sell that data have evolved in concert. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, or PCI DSS, has adapted in turn, forcing companies to update their policies and their software. The latest standards, PCI DSS 4.0 and 4.0.1, include several new security requirements and updated guidance to address current threats and technologies. In this on-demand video webinar, sponsored by Akamai, you’ll learn the importance of:

Streamlining workflows for security and compliance teams
Reducing the auditing burden with purpose-built and dedicated PCI capabilities
Receiving and logging actionable PCI alerts for events related to compliance
Consolidating vendors to meet PCI requirements with Akamai’s comprehensive portfolio of security solutions.

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