aid: akamai-api-security name: Akamai API Security description: >- Akamai API Security (formerly Noname Security) provides comprehensive API discovery, posture management, and threat protection for organizations across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform continuously discovers and monitors all APIs, identifies vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, detects and responds to API threats in real time, and provides pre-production security testing integrated into CI/CD pipelines. type: Index image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - API Discovery - API Security - Cloud Security - Posture Management - Runtime Protection - Threat Protection url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akamai-api-security/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2026-03-26' modified: '2026-04-19' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: akamai-api-security:api-security name: Akamai API Security description: >- Akamai API Security provides end-to-end API protection including discovery, posture management, runtime protection, and active testing. It discovers all APIs including shadow and zombie APIs, identifies vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, and detects and blocks API-based attacks in real time. humanURL: https://www.akamai.com/products/api-security tags: - API Discovery - API Security - Runtime Protection - Threat Protection properties: - type: Documentation url: https://techdocs.akamai.com/api-security/docs/welcome - type: GettingStarted url: https://techdocs.akamai.com/api-security/docs/get-started - type: OpenAPI url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akamai-api-security/refs/heads/main/openapi/akamai-api-security-openapi.json - aid: akamai-api-security:akamai-apis name: Akamai APIs description: >- Akamai provides a comprehensive set of REST APIs for managing and configuring their platform services, including API security, CDN, edge computing, and security products. The APIs use the Akamai EdgeGrid authentication mechanism. humanURL: https://techdocs.akamai.com/home/page/products-tools-a-z tags: - Configuration - EdgeGrid - Platform API - REST API properties: - type: Documentation url: https://techdocs.akamai.com/home/page/products-tools-a-z - type: Authentication url: https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/authenticate-with-edgegrid - type: GettingStarted url: https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/get-started common: - type: Website url: https://www.akamai.com/products/api-security - type: Documentation url: https://techdocs.akamai.com - type: Blog url: https://www.akamai.com/blog - type: Pricing url: https://www.akamai.com/products/api-security#pricing - type: Support url: https://www.akamai.com/support - type: Login url: https://control.akamai.com - type: SignUp url: https://www.akamai.com/free-trials - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/akamai - type: StatusPage url: https://www.akamaistatus.com - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akamai-technologies - type: X url: https://twitter.com/Akamai - type: SpectralRules url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akamai-api-security/refs/heads/main/rules/akamai-api-security-spectral-rules.yml - type: Vocabulary url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/akamai-api-security/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/akamai-api-security-vocabulary.yaml - type: Features data: - name: API Discovery description: >- Automatically discovers all APIs including shadow, zombie, GenAI, LLM, and MCP server APIs across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. - name: Posture Management description: >- Audits APIs for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations including the full OWASP API Top 10, generating posture findings from runtime incidents. - name: Runtime Protection description: >- Uses contextual insights to detect and block API threats including business logic abuse, credential attacks, data scraping, and malicious bots in real time. - name: CI/CD Security Testing description: >- Runs 200+ dynamic security tests simulating OWASP API Top 10 attacks integrated into CI/CD pipelines without sacrificing development speed. - name: GitHub Integration description: >- Automatically scans GitHub repositories for OpenAPI specs and adds them to the API library for security analysis and posture assessment. - name: App and API Protector Integration description: >- Direct integration with Akamai App and API Protector for blocking API threats detected at runtime. - type: UseCases data: - name: Shadow API Discovery description: >- Security teams automatically discover undocumented and shadow APIs across their environment to eliminate blind spots. - name: API Vulnerability Assessment description: >- Security engineers assess API posture against OWASP API Top 10 and compliance frameworks to prioritize remediation. - name: Real-Time Threat Detection description: >- SOC analysts detect and respond to API attacks, data leakage, and suspicious behavior in real time. - name: Pre-Production API Testing description: >- Development teams integrate API security testing into CI/CD pipelines to find and fix vulnerabilities before production. - name: Compliance Reporting description: >- Compliance teams assess API security posture against industry frameworks and generate audit-ready reports. - type: Integrations data: - name: Akamai App and API Protector description: Direct integration for blocking API threats detected by API Security - name: GitHub description: Automatic OpenAPI spec discovery from GitHub repositories - name: CI/CD Pipelines description: Integration with development pipelines for pre-production security testing - name: SIEM description: Export security events to SIEM platforms for centralized monitoring - name: AWS Marketplace description: Available on AWS Marketplace for cloud-native deployments maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com