This white paper by Akamai presents a layered security strategy for breaking the ransomware kill chain using its enterprise security suite. It outlines how attackers progress through stages—initial access, command and control, discovery, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. Akamai offers targeted countermeasures at each phase: URL filtering and VPN surface reduction, blocking C2 servers, network scan detection, deception with honeypots, segmentation to control lateral movement, and blocking unauthorized exfiltration channels. The goal is to detect, contain, and block threats early, minimizing impact before encryption or extortion occurs.

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