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How Akamai’s Acquisition of Noname Enhances API Protection

Noname Security CEO Oz Golan on Strengthening API, Web Security Post-Acquisition
Oz Golan, co-founder and CEO, Noname Security (Image: Noname Security)

The acquisition of Noname Security will enhance Akamai's web protection capabilities with advanced API security features to deliver comprehensive application security, according to Oz Golan.

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Bringing Noname's API protection capabilities to Akamai's extensive customer base will accelerate the San Jose, California-based company's growth and innovation, said Golan, who led Noname and now runs Akamai's API security division. Client feedback on getting Noname's detection capabilities and Akamai's web application firewall technology on a single, unified platform has been overwhelmingly positive (see: Securing APIs: Akamai's Acquisition Strategy).

"Their huge customer base allows us to really accelerate growth and make sure that we can deliver API security for thousands of customers," Golan said. "In addition to that, Akamai has both an incredible technology stack and an amazing engineering team, which allows us to really accelerate the innovation of the product."

In this video interview with Information Security Media Group, Golan also discussed:

  • How Akamai’s customer base accelerates NoName’s growth in API security;
  • The synergy between Akamai’s web firewalls and NoName’s API security tool;
  • The benefits of a unified security platform for web and API protection.

Golan is Akamai's vice president of API security and was the CEO and co-founder of Noname Security, which was the first API organization to reach unicorn status before being sold to Akamai in June for $450 million. Prior to founding Noname in 2020, he served as the director of research and development at NSO Group and as a security researcher in Unit 8200 of the Israeli Defense Forces.


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Michael Novinson

Michael Novinson

Managing Editor, Business, ISMG

Novinson is responsible for covering the vendor and technology landscape. Prior to joining ISMG, he spent four and a half years covering all the major cybersecurity vendors at CRN, with a focus on their programs and offerings for IT service providers. He was recognized for his breaking news coverage of the August 2019 coordinated ransomware attack against local governments in Texas as well as for his continued reporting around the SolarWinds hack in late 2020 and early 2021.




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