Secure Your Apps and APIs

Build trust and drive growth with end-to-end protection

Application and API protection needs a new approach

With web application and API attacks increasing 49%, securing your apps and APIs has never been more important. 

A strong, multilayered defense helps businesses stay ahead of evolving threats. By integrating Akamai API Security with App & API Protector, organizations can strengthen their security posture and confidently protect their digital assets.

End-to-end protection for your apps and APIs at scale 

Discover APIs everywhere

Create a comprehensive inventory of APIs across your environments to better understand your attack surface.

Identify and protect vulnerable APIs

Gain deep insights into your app and API usage and threats to fix misconfigurations and seamlessly block attacks. 

Automate API security testing

Integrate security at every step to prevent vulnerabilities and deliver secure apps and APIs faster.

Gartner Peer Insights Customer' Choice 2026

Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice: API Protection

Akamai scored 4.6 out of 5 out of 57 reviews as of January 2026 overall, but the best part is what our customers had to say.

Akamai outperforms other WAAPs: See the data

SecureIQLab tested leading cloud WAAP solutions against more than 1,360 threats. Akamai came away a winner when compared to AWS, Cloudflare, and Microsoft.

 

Apps, APIs and DDoS 2026

Report: Attackers leverage AI to link threats

Attackers are amplifying old tactics with AI precision. Get expert data on surging API and DDoS threats in the 2026 SOTI.

Better together to protect against common vulnerabilities

App & API Protector and Akamai API Security now tackle evolving API attacks, covering the OWASP Top 10 API Security Risks.

API Security

Discover, monitor, and audit API activity using real-time analytics to respond to threats and abuse.

App & API Protector

Leading security protection for applications and APIs at the edge.

Additional products that secure your applications

Prolexic

Protect your infrastructure from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Edge DNS

Akamai DNS protects on-prem, cloud, and hybrid DNS while ensuring high availability and performance.

Client-Side Protection & Compliance

Assist with your PCI compliance and protect your website against JavaScript attacks.

Firewall for AI

Protect AI-driven apps with adaptive, multicloud-ready security for LLMs.

Resources

Ultimate WAF Evaluation Checklist

Evaluate WAF and WAAP providers, ensuring the solution meets your security, performance, financial, and operational needs.

The OWASP Top 10: How Akamai Helps Protect Against Common Vulnerabilities

See how Akamai can help detect and protect against attacks that attempt to exploit these serious vulnerabilities.

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Gartner, Voice of the Customer for API Protection, Peer Community Contributor, 24 April 2026