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Akamai App & API Protector

Akamai App & API Protector
Formerly Kona Site Defender

Overview

What is Akamai App & API Protector?

Akamai Akamai App & API Protector offers protection for websites, web applications and APIs. An evolution of Kona Site Defender, a web application security platform designed to protect web and mobile assets from targeted web application attacks and DDoS…

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Akamai Kona Site Defender the most complete WAF in the market

Rating: 8 out of 10
June 13, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Akamai Kona Site Defender (KSD), is not only a Web Application Firewall, is a suite of security and delivery products that any organization with a big web presence should have...
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Randy Varela
Consultant - Professional Services
Offensive Security Engineer Lead
ATTI Cyber
Akamai App & API Protector5 years of experience
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What is Akamai App & API Protector?

Akamai Akamai App & API Protector offers protection for websites, web applications and APIs. An evolution of Kona Site Defender, a web application security platform designed to protect web and mobile assets from targeted web application attacks and DDoS attacks while improving performance.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

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Akamai Kona Site Defender the most complete WAF in the market

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
June 13, 2022
RV
Randy Varela
Offensive Security Engineer Lead
ATTI Cyber (Research, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Akamai App & API Protector
5 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Akamai Kona Site Defender (KSD), is not only a Web Application Firewall, is a suite of security and delivery products that any organization with a big web presence should have. Having Akamai Kona Site Defender in my organization give me the peace of mind that my web services are secure and we are monitoring traffic in real time with all the dashboards we need.
Pros
  • Web Security
  • Bot managment
  • Rate Control
Cons
  • Custom rules might be hard to configure
  • For some cases you will need to contact the Akamai team to adjust the backend
  • Interface might feel laggy if used in a non-powerful PC
Likelihood to Recommend
Akamai Kona Site Defender KSD, works fine for any website or mobile application (Native/JDK), it can be used as a WAF, a rate limiting tool, or a bot management tool all in one, plus you will get all the benefits of the Akamai CDN (Content distribution network) as well.
Most Important Features
  • Security
  • Content managment
  • Bot managment
Return on Investment
  • Fair Security investment
  • An attack impact would be higher
  • Support contract is not cheap
Other Software Used
Splunk Cloud, Tenable.io, Rapid7 InsightVM (Nexpose)
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