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AI-first firms take months longer to recover from cyber attacks and face sharply higher breach and scraping costs, Fastly research warns.

AI-first firms in Southeast Asia suffer longer, costlier cyber incidents as rising AI use widens attack surfaces and fuels scraping costs.

DryRun Security appoints Signal Sciences Co-founder Andrew Peterson to its board to steer its AI-native code security push.

Global CDN spending is forecast to soar from USD $27.25bn in 2025 to USD $42.89bn by 2030, driven by edge demand and performance pressure.

Fastly appoints Rachel Ler as Area Vice President of Asia to spearhead edge cloud growth across ASEAN, Greater China and South Korea.

ROLLER enhances global venue performance and security with Fastly, cutting image load times by 95% and boosting data routing and cyber defence.

Fastly launches a new certification programme for partners to tackle rising cyber threats, enhancing security expertise and service delivery worldwide.

Fastly has secured its seventh consecutive Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice award for Cloud WAAP, praised for its Next-Gen WAF by 130 verified reviewers.

AI crawlers now account for 80% of bot traffic, with Meta leading, placing huge strain on web resources and raising concerns over data bias and security risks.

June 2025 saw a record DDoS surge, with 250 billion requests targeting a major tech firm, as attacks nearly doubled to almost two every minute, Fastly reports.

Fastly has appointed Nicola Gerber as Vice President for Asia Pacific and Japan to spearhead growth and boost adoption of its edge cloud platform in the region.

Kip Compton has been named CEO of Fastly, replacing Todd Nightingale, with the company reaffirming its 2025 financial guidance amid the leadership change.

Fastly reports a doubling of attacks on commerce sites, now 31% of threats, as unwanted bot traffic hits 37% of all internet activity in Q1 2025.

Fastly has enhanced its DDoS Protection services with new real-time insights, enabling improved visibility for security teams during attacks.

Fastly has unveiled enhancements to its Bot Management service, reducing CAPTCHA dependency while bolstering security and user experience across its platform.

A Fastly study reveals 93% of organisations have updated policies to protect CISOs from personal liability, though effectiveness remains unclear.

A survey by Fastly reveals 93% of organisations have revised policies to alleviate Chief Information Security Officers' liability, influenced by tightening regulations.

Barracuda Networks has appointed Peter Alexander as Chief Marketing Officer to lead its market growth strategy and enhance cybersecurity solutions amid rising demand.

Fastly has launched its AI Accelerator, promising nine times faster response times for AI applications, now supporting Microsoft Azure AI Foundry and OpenAI ChatGPT.