Akamai Kona Site Defender the most complete WAF in the market
Rating: 8 out of 10
IncentivizedUse 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.
RV
Randy Varela
Offensive Security Engineer Lead in Professional Services at ATTI Cyber (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
5 years of experience