Akamai President Urges U.S. Companies to Increase Security

Akamai Technologies President David Kenny said US companies need to be more vigilant with network security.

Such businesses should be investing more time and money into security measures to keep pace with the growth of the Internet and the explosion of cloud technology, he said. Security is a “very fast-growing” part of Akamai, and most cyber attacks on the U.S. are coming from outside the country, he said. “It’s not sexy,” Kenny said. “It’s like buying insurance. Really smart hackers have had a decade to figure out how to hack firewalls.”