Recognized as a market-leading DDoS solution, App & API Protector instantly drops network-layer DDoS attacks at the edge, plus Akamai DDoS Fee Protection provides credit for any overage fees incurred due to a network DDoS attack. New to our WAAP solution, the Behavioral DDoS Engine features advanced and automated L7 DDoS defense, including behavioral DDoS protection and granular rate limiting controls.
Broad application security and API protections in one solution
App & API Protector is a single solution for web application firewall, bot mitigation, API security, and DDoS protection, including Layer 7 DDoS. Quickly identify vulnerabilities and mitigate threats across the most complicated web and API architectures. App & API Protector — the leading attack detection solution on the market — is easy to implement and use, with automatic security updates and holistic visibility into traffic and attacks.
Stronger application and API security with less effort
How App & API Protector works
Features
Adaptive protections automatically push the latest app and API defenses, including zero-days and CVE protections
Proactive self-tuning eliminates time-consuming manual patching of web services security flaws
DDoS protection blocks network attacks at the edge and defends app-layer threats, enabling secure, fast web app innovation
API discovery and protections to manage risk from new or previously unknown APIs
DevOps integration with a simple GUI or with our Terraform provider, APIs, or the Akamai CLI
Included bot detections improve security against automated attacks and increase performance
Quick onboarding and easy application of security configurations to your new apps and APIs to address security risks
Custom dashboard interfaces, real-time alerts, and SIEM integration to investigate security vulnerabilities and triage attacks
Access controls for advanced AppSec management, managed services, and professional services
Customer Stories
Application Security Use Cases
Learn how application security provides critical DoS/DDoS protection, bot visibility, and malware protection, and works closely with our other security offerings.
DoS/DDoS protection
Bot visibility
Malware protection
DoS/DDoS protection
Bot visibility
Gain real-time visibility into your bot traffic with access to Akamai’s expansive directory of more than 1,700 known bots, plus detection and mitigation tools — all included in App & API Protector. Extend protection as you need it with Akamai’s bot solution to protect against credential stuffing, web scraping, mass account creation, inventory manipulation, and card cracking.
Malware protection
This add-on module can scan files before they’re uploaded at the edge to detect and block malware from entering your corporate systems as malicious file uploads. With no additional app or API configuration required, you free up the time you’d spend setting up protection in each system individually.
Frequently Asked Questions
By employing continuous security testing tools and real-time monitoring automation, App & API Protector identifies and mitigates security risks, such as zero-days, CVEs, and OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities like SQL injection and cross-site scripting. It ensures that security measures are in place throughout the development process and the application lifecycle to address many types of application security. App & API Protector also remediates the security threats listed in the OWASP API Top 10 vulnerabilities.
App & API Protector offers connectors for Splunk and other providers, as well as a SIEM integration module for better attack identification, detection, and forensic analysis.
App & API Protector is an easy-to-use solution that saves security team time. But for organizations that need more, App & API Protector has optional managed and professional services that can scale and change with your business. Security Operations Command Center Advanced Support Service provides an enhanced high-touch and personalized customer experience. Akamai also offers three support level options for you to choose from to suit your business needs: (1) fully managed, (2) co-managed; Akamai assists you, and (3) self-service.
Akamai architects its products with the understanding that our customers cannot have any latency — their business depends on it. Like all Akamai’s products, App & API Protector is highly efficient, and the impact to your app/site performance should not be perceptible to users.
Layer 7 DDoS attacks target the application layer, aiming to disrupt the user interface or services like HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, and SMTP. These attacks are particularly insidious because they exploit the application layer, often bypassing traditional security measures. App & API Protector is powered by the new Behavioral DDoS Engine with a full suite of L7 capabilites to automatically defend against sophisticated DDoS attacks.
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