Akamai App and API protector

Base ADC Features

Application Delivery Controller (ADC) provides server load balancing, TLS offloading, and geographical load balancing.

Application Firewall

Detects and blocks OWASP Top 10 and 0-day security attack patterns against web applications based on ML and threat intelligence.

Analytics and Reporting

Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

On-Premise Offering

Software is provided as an appliance, virtual machine, or application designed to be primarily installed on-premise.

Custom Rules

Allows users to write their own custom rules for detection and prevention of security threats.

Layer 7 DDoS Support

Signature-based DDoS attack pattern identification can use techniques such as signaling to reroute traffic.

API Security

Provides API protection from common challenges - format and schema validation, HTTP method configuration.

End User Self Serve

Intuitive portal designed for end users to create incident tickets, request services, and access status and FAQs.

Bot Protection

Detects and manages threats to web applications from automated bots.

DLP Functionality

The solution provides DLP functionality consisting of sensitive data detection with multiple enforcement actions.

Usability and Intuitiveness

End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation

Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration

Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features

Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training

Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration

This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support

The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created

Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization

Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Quality of Features

Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.