Online threats are constantly changing. Offering protection against the largest and most sophisticated attacks, Akamai helps you safeguard your websites and other Internet-facing applications from the risks of downtime and data theft. Built on the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, Akamai Cloud Security Solutions provide the scale to stop the largest Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) and web application attacks without reducing performance, as well as intelligence into the latest threats and the expertise to adapt to shifting tactics and attack vectors.

KONA SITE DEFENDER

Integrated website protection against DDoS and web application attacks

Kona Site Defender combines automated DDoS mitigation with a highly scalable and accurate WAF to protect websites from a wide range of online threats, including network- and application-layer DDoS, SQL injection and XSS attacks – without compromising the user experience. Kona Site Defender can stop the largest attacks and leverages Akamai’s visibility into global web traffic to help organizations respond to the latest threats.

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Benefits

  • Reduces business risk for websites posed by downtime, data breach, and website defacement
  • Protects revenue-generating applications against DDoS-related disruptions
  • Protects web sites, mobile web sites, and server-side mobile web services against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities such as XSS, SQLi, Command Injection, etc
  • Prevents loss in brand equity resulting from downtime or data breach
  • Helps meet PCI requirements around deploying WAF
  • Reduce capital and operational costs associated with web security by leveraging Akamai's cloud security service
  • Protects websites from DDoS and web application attacks in a single solution
  • Maintain website availability during DDoS attacks
  • Highly accurate WAF stops more attacks without blocking legitimate users
  • Adapts to a changing threat landscape with security rules continuously updated by Akamai's threat research teams
  • Secures websites without reducing performance or compromising the user experience
  • Access to highly trained security experts in Akamai’s 24x7 global security operations center

Akamai© is the leading provider of Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, making the Internet fast, reliable and secure. At the core of Akamai’s solutions is the Akamai Intelligent Platform™, a next-generation CDN combined with cloud services to provide extensive reach, unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai helps enterprises around the world optimize website performance and software delivery with solutions for web acceleration, mobile optimization, application delivery, streaming media and mobile video. Akamai s Cloud Security Solutions include web application firewall (WAF) and DDoS mitigation tools for protection against web security threats such as DDoS attacks. Akamai removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and helping enterprises provide a secure, high-performing web experience on any device, anywhere.