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

Works with

This product is compatible with or enhances the functionality of these SAP solutions but doesn't require them.
SAP Business Technology PlatformSAP HANA Cloud

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".

Automate API Discovery
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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.

Gain real-time visibility into your bot traffic and mitigate bad actors
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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

Customize the behavioral DDoS engine protection with granular rate controls
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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)

Includes 5000 Data / Image streams
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API Discovery

DDoS Fee Protection

SIEM Integration

Site shield map

10 GB NetStorage

Cloud Security Beta Channel (direct and indirect)

Includes 5000 Data / Image streams

Technical Information

Solution type APIs and Technical Components
Category Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC), and Cybersecurity
Industry Cross-Industry
Works with
  • SAP Business Technology Platform
  • SAP HANA Cloud

Resources

Akamai Application & API Protection Solution brief

Technical User Guide

Overview of Akamai APP & API portector

Customer Story: SAP NS2

Publisher