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App & API Protector

App & API Protector

One-stop, zero-compromise security for websites, applications, and APIs.

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

Tailor defenses to the latest threats

Dynamically adapt protections to evolving attacks — including those targeting the OWASP lists & sophisticated DDoS attacks.

Automate updates and self-tune to simplify security

Minimize application security and development effort with Akamai-managed updates and machine learning–powered self-tuning.

Empower developers and security teams

Operationalize application security with a choice of popular DevOps tools and deploy within a CI/CD pipeline.

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Akamai a Leader in WAAP

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How App & API Protector works

Route

Route

A core technology, Adaptive Security Engine, learns attack patterns and adapts to future cybersecurity threats.

Defend

Defend

Every request is inspected in real time to defend against DDoS, web application and API attacks, and malicious bots.

Adapt

Adapt

Automated defense from the Behavioral DDoS Engine protects your org from sophisticated volumetric attacks.

Simplify

Simplify

Auto-updates, self-tuning, and API discovery lower the effort of identifying vulnerabilities, protecting sensitive data.

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Crafting the ultimate cookbook for Layer 7 DDoS resilience

This cookbook provides advice on common targets in Layer 7 DDoS attacks, tools and techniques used by attackers, real-life examples, and expert advice on building an effective defense strategy.

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
  • Quickly onboard and easily apply security configurations to your new applications 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

 

Malware protection module now available with App & API Protector

Malware protection scans files at the edge to prevent attackers from reaching the origin.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

An open API is available for automating App & API Protector configuration changes in a CI/CD pipeline. A CLI and Terraform provider are also available for making API calls, or you can call the API directly. Documentation for the open APIs, CLI, and Terraform provider are publicly available; there is also a public Postman collection available for testing the API. This agile security enables security teams to focus on pen testing and threat modeling to further secure applications in the development process.

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 with correlation in your SIEM.

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 of 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 capabilities to automatically defend against sophisticated DDoS attacks.

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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

DoS/DDoS protection

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.

Bot visibility

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

Malware protection

This add-on module can scan files before they’re uploaded once 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.

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Free trial: Try App & API Protector for 30 days

Discover the benefits of App & API Protector for yourself:

  • Adapt protections to evolving attacks
  • Simplify security with automated updates and self-tuning
  • Empower your developers and security teams

Set up your 30-day free trial:

  1. Submit form
  2. Confirm your email
  3. Pass Akamai’s validation and vetting process
  4. Receive login instructions
  5. Log in and set up your instance of App & API Protector

Terms and restrictions apply.

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