Akamai’s approach to application and API security evolves from traditional WAF to a comprehensive WAAP solution, addressing limitations of rule-based defenses. Akamai integrates adaptive threat detection, automatic updates, and self-tuning capabilities within its Adaptive Security Engine, ensuring precise, real-time protection. This holistic solution modernizes application-layer DDoS defenses beyond rate limiting, offering flexible configuration and automation. Akamai combines application security with behavioral DDoS defense to deliver continuous, accurate protection, enhancing resilience against evolving cyber threats and safeguarding APIs and web applications effectively.

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