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    API SecurityAPI DiscoveryAPI Runtime ProtectionAPI Threat DetectionWAF for APIs

    Picari insights

    Enterprise security teams, particularly existing Akamai edge and CDN customers, seeking comprehensive API visibility, inline protection, and shift-left security across large-scale distributed architectures.

    Best for
    • Large enterprises standardizing on the Akamai Connected Cloud and CDN ecosystem
    • End-to-end API lifecycle security from CI/CD testing to inline edge blocking
    • Automated shadow and rogue API discovery across complex edge architectures
    May not be ideal if
    • Small-to-medium businesses with straightforward, monolithic API setups and tight budgets
    • Organizations committed exclusively to competing edge/WAF platforms (e.g., Cloudflare, Fastly) with no existing Akamai footprint
    • Teams seeking a lightweight, purely out-of-band monitoring or standalone AST tool without enterprise overhead
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    Core capabilities

    Assess API security posture
    Analyzes APIs for OWASP Top 10 API Security Risks and continuously evaluates security posture to prioritize vulnerabilities by impact.
    Block API attacks in line
    Blocks API attacks and supports remediation workflows, with the option to leverage Managed Security Service to increase SOC effectiveness.
    Discover and inventory all APIs
    Automatically discovers, inventories, tags, and catalogs APIs across environments, including shadow and unmanaged endpoints and APIs in source code.
    Integrate with gateways and Akamai traffic
    Works with API gateways, load balancers, WAFs, and Akamai Cloud traffic via native connectors for visibility and analysis without disrupting existing infrastructure.

    Common use cases

    01

    Achieving Regulatory Compliance

    02

    API abuse and anomaly monitoring

    03

    API estate inventory and cataloging

    04

    API posture and compliance governance

    Things to consider

    Every product has trade-offs, and which of them matter depends on your environment, your team and your timeline.

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    Profile last updated on 27 September 2026 by Picari.