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Can We Make AI Green? Big AI Sustainability Questions, Answered by Fastly’s Co-Founder
Alina Lehtinen-Vela
Can AI be green? Fastly’s Simon Wistow tackles big questions on AI sustainability, backed by original data from our 2025 AI Energy Pulse Check survey.
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Navigating the Privacy-Performance Paradox
Ryan Gardner, Daniel Cummings
Empower publishers to thrive in a privacy-first world with Trusted Server, built on Fastly Compute. Reclaim control of ad strategy and data.
Compute
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DDoS in June
Liam Mayron, David King
June’s DDoS report reveals a 250B+ request attack on a High Tech provider and the rise of the Byline Banshee. Get key insights & actionable guidance.
SecurityIndustry insights
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Building an actually secure MCP Server with Fastly Compute
Kay Sawada
Build a secure, scalable MCP Server with Fastly Compute. Learn to address vulnerabilities and ensure reliable performance for your LLM applications.
Compute+ 4 more
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Taking Back Control: How Publishers Can Push Back on Unwanted AI Scraping
John Agger
Take control of AI scraping. Learn how publishers can push back against unwanted data harvesting with Fastly's AI Bot Management & new monetization opportunities.
Security+ 2 more
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Make Attackers Cry: Outsmart Them With Deception
Lorraine Bellon
Fight cyber attackers with deception! Fastly's Next-Gen WAF introduces a new "Deception" action to outsmart and frustrate attackers, turning the tables on them.
SecurityProduct
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ETags: What they are, and how to use them
Leon Brocard
How to optimize your ETags to speed up your site and reduce calls to your origin without requiring significant code refactoring or content overhaul.
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Unicode in VCL
Katherine Flavel
There's more to life than just the Latin alphabet. Because we’re a global platform with humans using all kinds of writing systems, recently we added the ability to write synthetic responses — e.g. a web page with an error message — in UTF-8 in Fastly VCL. In this post, Engineering Director Katherine Flavel shares some of the behind-the-scenes work to show how we did that.
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Fastly AppSec Survey: AI & Security in 2025
David King, Natalie Griffeth
Explore Fastly's 2025 AppSec survey on AI's impact, budget shifts, and security trends amidst economic changes. Get key insights now!
SecurityIndustry insights
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Tailoring Automated DDoS Protection
Liam Mayron, David King
Fine-tune your DDoS protection with Fastly's Precise Defense update. Gain flexibility to allow legitimate traffic while automatically mitigating attacks.
ProductSecurity
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Free Egress and Operations with Object Storage Changes Everything for Image Optimization
James Sherry
Unlock cost-effective image optimization with Fastly Object Storage. Zero egress & operations fees for superior performance. Scale freely & iterate rapidly.

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ToolShell Remote Code Execution in Microsoft SharePoint: CVE-2025-53770 & CVE-2025-53771
Simran Khalsa, Matthew Mathur, + 1 more
Microsoft revealed two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-53771 and CVE-2025-53770, actively exploited to compromise SharePoint servers.
Security
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How Apps Can Respect Privacy While Still Getting Personal
Shane Burgess
Learn how apps can offer personalized experiences without compromising user privacy. Solutions like Private Access Tokens, OHTTP, and MASQUE Relay protect data without harming user experience.
Privacy
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Fastly’s Edge Network: Building for Availability
Brian Haberman
Learn how Fastly's resilient edge network architecture ensures availability during major internet outages, minimizing impact on customer traffic.
PlatformEdge network
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Fastly DDoS Protection: Customer-Validated Defense
David King
Discover why Fastly's DDoS Protection is the most frequently reviewed solution on Gartner Peer Insights™. See how customer feedback drives our innovation and performance.
Security+ 2 more
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Why Simplicity Is Good for Security
Liam Mayron
Security shouldn’t be complex. Discover why Fastly’s one-click DDoS tools like Precise Defense make staying protected easier, faster, and more effective, even under pressure.
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AI Energy Pulse Check 2025: Insights from Nearly 500 Experts
Alina Lehtinen-Vela
Fastly’s 2025 AI Pulse Check reveals how sustainability and infrastructure leaders are tracking AI energy use, cutting redundant queries, and navigating the edge vs cloud debate.
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Fastly Achieves "Deployed on AWS" Status
Chris Ritter
Fastly earns "Deployed on AWS" status, enhancing procurement and savings for AWS Marketplace users. Explore our cloud-optimized CDN and security solutions today.
CDN & Delivery+ 3 more
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Edge vs Cloud: Where Should AI Live?
Simon Wistow
In this article, Simon Wistow shares why hybrid AI is gaining ground and how semantic caching unlocks better performance and sustainability.
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Over a decade later: The evolution of instant purge
Tyler McMullen, Julien Benoist
Explore the decade-long evolution of Fastly's instant purge technology. Learn about our decentralized approach, challenges faced, and innovations in scalability.
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