Akamai Technologies is buying Israel’s Guardicore
Akamai Technologies is acquiring Israel-based Guardicore, as it looks to extend its Zero Trust solutions to help stop ransomware.
H-F & Co. represented Akamai Technologies, together with lawyers at WilmerHale. The H-F team comprised Yuval Oren, Noy Talmi, Omri Talmon, Orly Charas, Danielle Skald, Yana Sheinberg, Yona Schwebel, Guy Landau and Hili Shapiro.
The Meitar team, representing Guardicore was comprised of Raanan Lerner, Tomer Sela, Shelly Shemesh Menis, Rachel Wain, Niva Barg Livnat, Dana Yagur, Gal Meoded, Maor Hakak, Noa Haimi Cohen and Jonathan Zeloof .
Akamai currently offers a broad suite of innovative and leading Zero Trust security solutions, including Web Application Firewall (WAF), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Domain Name System (DNS) Firewall, and Secure Web Gateway (SWG), that help prevent attackers and malware on employee devices from gaining access to enterprise infrastructure and applications.
“Given the recent surge in ransomware attacks and increasingly stringent compliance regulations, investing in technologies to reduce the spread of malware has become mission critical,” said Tom Leighton, chief executive officer and co-founder, Akamai Technologies.
