Account Protector is a security solution designed to protect against account abuse across the lifecycle of an account, using machine learning and a rich dataset of risk and trust indicators to determine the legitimacy of a user request.
User risk is detected by anomalies in user behavior based on profiles and risk signals.
Requests are evaluated for authenticity in real time, and a user risk score is created.
Customized block, alert, and allow actions are performed based on the user risk score.
Legitimate requests are incorporated into user behavior profiling for future assessments.
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Account Protector uses a combination of user, device, IP, network, bot, and reputation indicators to create a user risk score for each UUID. It has the ability to understand that users can have multiple browsers, devices, and locations and still score effectively.
Account Protector uses its global network effect to look at an entity’s accumulating history across all Akamai Account Protector customers to identify trust indicators and an accurate risk score for every user login, even if that user is visiting a particular site for the first time. The solution uses many attributes to create risk scores, including what is normal for the entire population of users for the business and what IPs are profiles that are obviously trying to do login abuse. Account Protector will provide value for your business even if your users are completely new or infrequent site visitors.
Account Protector uses an adaptive model that will learn quickly that a user is a frequent traveler. Our risk model assesses the behavior of the entire user population. If travel is common in the entire user population (i.e., airline customers), the risk model will adapt accordingly. Because we look at so many attributes, traveling won’t automatically raise the risk score. Updating the browser won’t impact it either.
Account Protector provides visibility into user browsers, operating system, how many times they logged in and from where, and more, so you can make intelligent decisions.
Yes; using the Akamai SIEM Integration connector, you can pass user information to your SIEM for deeper insights into account abuse attacks.
Yes, Account Protector is GDPR compliant.
Account Protector includes all of Akamai Bot Manager’s capabilities. Its anti-bot technology uses AI and machine learning models and techniques to detect and mitigate bot traffic based on user behavior/telemetry analysis, browser fingerprinting, HTTP anomaly detection, automated browser detection, high request rates, and more. One of the decisions that can be made is that the risk score can go up because you’re identifying as a bot.
Akamai architects its products with the understanding that our customers cannot have any latency — their business depends on it. Account Protector, like all of Akamai’s products, is highly efficient, and the impact to your app/site performance should not be perceptible to users.
Learn how Akamai Account Protector assists with these specific needs.
Trust that a new account is being opened by a legitimate user and not by a fraudster using stolen or synthetic credentials, growing your digital business while reducing the cost and frustration of account abuse.
Protect customer accounts from being stolen and the painful aftermath of ATO by using Account Protector to recognize authentic users and mitigate fraudsters, ensuring trusted users have a great customer experience.
Secure user accounts from credential stuffing, inventory manipulation, and other automated attacks often launched in tandem with account opening abuse or ATO to steal valuable products, money, or other valuable assets.
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