Akamai Acquires Encrypted Communication firm KryptCo
Akamai, the cloud based digital platform acquired KryptCo, creator of multi-factor authentication technology.
KryptCo technology establishes an authenticated and encrypted communication channel, resistant to phishing while still offering a simplified user experience that does not require entering pin codes.
This enables enterprises to implement multi-factor authentication, an increasingly critical enhancement to identity and access which are core tenets of zero trust, with the confidence the additional authentication factors are end-to-end verified and with minimal risk of phishing attacks.
"Prevailing technologies in the industry that offer multi-factor authentication are still vulnerable to phishing and other attack vectors, making them easy to compromise and break ...