Case Study
Healthcare System Hardened Digital Healthcare Security with Akamai
A major U.S. healthcare system operating 15 hospitals and more than 225 outpatient clinics modernized its cybersecurity strategy after a DDoS attack disrupted patient access to online health records. By deploying Akamai API Security, Bot Manager, Edge DNS, TrafficPeak, and Professional Services, the organization unified visibility across multicloud environments while automating protection for patient-facing applications and APIs. The solution now blocks at least 15 DDoS attacks and hundreds of malicious bot incursions each month, significantly reducing manual investigation time and improving operational efficiency. Centralized dashboards provide real-time visibility into web traffic and application performance, allowing teams to identify issues quickly instead of manually gathering logs. A
