5 articles that week
Akamai Technologies, Friday, February 20th, 2026
Microsoft's February 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed 59 vulnerabilities, including six actively exploited zero-days. CVE-2026-21513 stands out because of its active exploitation, high impact, and ability to bypass browser security boundaries and trigger arbitrary file execution.
more →
Akamai Technologies, Thursday, February 19th, 2026
This blog post explores the "adapt, protect, and extend" maturity curve that was designed to help partners lead high-value consultative conversations. By understanding the rise of the agentic web and the evolution of user intent, partners can help customers navigate new risks while also capturing significant ROI.
more → Akamai Technologies, Thursday, February 19th, 2026
Over the last few years, the world has witnessed a number of notable cloud and IT service outages. Although the public has come to expect occasional technology disruptions, these outages were different in their breadth and depth of impact. They led to canceled flights, disrupted workplace productivity, malfunctioning connected devices in the home, and more.
more → Akamai Technologies, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
In the first post of this series, we challenged the long-standing belief that security must be sacrificed at the cost of performance. In the second post, we confronted the reality that most modern data center traffic flows east-west, never crossing the perimeter. This final post merges these ideas and reframes the conversation entirely.
more → Akamai Technologies, Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
From Clawdbot to Moltbot to its current form OpenClaw, this technology has compressed years of security lessons into weeks. This agent doesn't just 'talk'; it has hands. It can execute shell commands, manage files, and interact directly with websites and APIs that you as a user might have access to - moving beyond passive access into active execution.
more →