Kona Site Defender provides application security at the Edge - closer to attackers and further from your applications. With 178 billion WAF rule triggers a day, Akamai harnesses unmatched visibility into attacks to deliver curated and highly accurate WAF protections that keep up with the latest threats. Flexible protections help secure your entire application footprint and respond to changing business requirements, including APIs and cloud migration, with dramatically lower management overhead.

Ion provides a suite of intelligent performance optimizations and controls that helps deliver superior web, iOS, and Android app experiences. Built on the SLA-backed availability of the globally distributed Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform™, Ion continuously monitors real user behavior — applying performance optimizations automatically — and adapting in real-time to changes in content, user behavior, and connectivity.

• Instant (0-second) mitigation of network-layer DDoS attacks
• Customizable rate controls to block application-layer DDoS attacks within seconds
• Curated WAF rules updated by Akamai threat researchers to keep up with the latest threats
• Two WAF management models (customizable and automated) to protect the entire application footprint based on different application requirements
• API-centric protections to block abnormal API requests and inspect for DDoS and web application attacks targeting APIs
• Origin cloaking to prevent direct-to-origin attacks from bypassing Edge-based defenses
• Flexible configuration to customize protections for different business units, individual applications, or parts of applications
• Granular attack visibility and reporting with executive-level dashboards and in-depth security analytics
• Improved website performance with caching, advanced offload, and TCP optimization capabilities