#1 most frequent
United States of America
52.5%273 installations of 520
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.
Categories & Use Cases
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Who Buys & Uses Akamai App & API Protector
#2 most frequent
India
6.3%33 installations of 520
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.0%26 installations of 520
Akamai Kona Site Defender the most complete WAF in the market
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
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
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