Web Site Security

Deploy a scalable defense that maintains the performance and integrity of Web applications

Application performance and availability are critical to innovation on the Web. Akamai's Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a highly scalable edge defense service that detects and mitigates potential attacks in HTTP and SSL traffic as they pass through Akamai's Intelligent Platform, before they reach the customer's origin data centers. WAF scales instantly to preserve performance, and filters corrupt traffic close to the source, protecting your infrastructure and keeping your applications up and running.
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Related Documents

Leveraging Cloud Security to Weather Threatening Storms
Security Capabilities: Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications
Understanding Web Application Security
Benefits

  • Mitigates business risks and improves brand and customer confidence

  • Powers innovation by bolstering your site's security triad – Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability

  • Reduces attack traffic bandwidth costs and resource usage

  • Cuts operational costs associated with constant security infrastructure maintenance and upgrades

  • Reduces capital expenditures on security hardware and software

  • Eliminate expenses from overprovisioning and business risk from underprovisioning Web application firewalls

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Demonstration

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