Akamai adds automation and machine learning to protect user accounts, APIs and applications

Content delivery platform provider Akamai announced Wednesday platform security enhancements intended to increase cybersecurity protections for web applications, APIs and user accounts. Akamai said its machine learning algorithms leverage insights from a dataset of over 1.3 billion daily client interactions to automate threat detections, time-consuming tasks and security logic to help cybersecurity analysts make better decisions faster. The company said it is taking these steps to keep up with attackers who are using AI, machine learning and automation to increase the frequency and sophistication of their attacks. "At Akamai, our latest platform release is intended to help resolve the tension between security and ease of use, with key capabilities around automation and machine learning specifically designed to intelligently augment human decision-making," said Aparna Rayasam, Akamai's senior vice president and general manager for Application Security, in a press release. "Smart automation adds immediate value and empowers users with the right tools to generate insight and context to make faster and more trustworthy decisions ... while anticipating what attackers might do next."