Simplify application security with industry-leading web performance and optimization
Unify the security posture for internet facing applications and APIs into a single solution that brings together many security technologies, including web application firewall (WAF), bot mitigation, API protections, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection. Swiftly identify and mitigate threats beyond the traditional firewall to protect entire digital estates from multidimensional attacks
Overview
Automate dynamic attack detection
Evolve with the threat landscape: protect against established and emerging threats, including DDoS, botnets, injections, application, and API attacks.
Use one product to cover broad protections and reduce cost
Maximize your security investment with one solution that includes WAP, bot visibility and mitigation, DDoS protection, security information and event management (SIEM) connectors, web optimization, cloud computing and API acceleration.
Experience hands-off security
Alleviate time-intensive manual maintenance with automatic updates, and proactive self-tuning recommendations powered by Akamai Adaptive Security Engine
Details
Solution type
APIs and Technical Components
Industry
Cross-Industry
Compatibility
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Features
Automate API Discovery
The automated discovery data includes information on the observed API specification which gives insight into the API’s purpose, current threat level, client side errors, and requests from known bad "end-clients".

Gain real-time visibility into your bot traffic and mitigate bad actors
Investigate real-time bot traffic, skewed web analytics, prevent origin overload, and create your own bot definitions to for third-party and partner bots without obstruction. Activate Crypto Challenge Action to strengthen bot protections with reduced false positive risk.

Customize the behavioral DDoS engine protection with granular rate controls
AAP provides DDoS protection in layers. Instantly dropping network-layer DDoS attacks at the edge for risk mitigation and resource savings and then automatically detects and mitigates Layer 7 DDoS attacks at the edge for real-time protection. Use granular rate controls customize your DDoS defense

Plans and pricing
Application & API protector basic edition
API Discovery
DDoS Fee Protection
SIEM Integration
Site shield map
10 GB NetStorage
Cloud Security Beta Channel (direct and indirect)
API Discovery
DDoS Fee Protection
SIEM Integration
Site shield map
10 GB NetStorage
Cloud Security Beta Channel (direct and indirect)
Technical Information
| Solution type | APIs and Technical Components |
| Category | Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC), and Cybersecurity |
| Industry | Cross-Industry |
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Resources
Akamai Application & API Protection Solution brief
Technical User Guide
Overview of Akamai APP & API portector
Customer Story: SAP NS2
Publisher
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence, and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai’s full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world’s most distributed platform. Global enterprises trust Akamai to provide the industry-leading reliability, scale, and expertise they need to grow their business with confidence.
