Akamai Launches Firewall for AI: Securing Next-Gen AI Applications Against Emerging Threats

Akamai Launches Firewall Solution to Secure AI Applications | AIM

Akamai leverages AI to protect other AI-powered applications. Cloud computing platform Akamai has unveiled a new cybersecurity solution, Firewall for AI, designed to address the growing security vulnerabilities associated with AI applications. Akamai's Firewall for AI is designed to provide a multilayered defence and real-time AI threat detection for AI-powered applications, LLMs, and AI-driven APIs. As AI technologies, including LLMs and agentic AI, gain widespread adoption across industries, the company aims to mitigate the new and evolving threats targeting these systems. The company explains that security measures such as web application firewalls (WAFs) are not equipped to handle the specific risks posed by AI, including adversarial attacks, model extraction, and data scraping. It further stated that while AI technologies provide significant productivity benefits, new attacks emerge. Attackers could target AI models to manipulate their responses or extract valuable proprietary data, making it crucial for organisations to implement specialised security measures. "Traditional security solutions do not stop AI threats," said Rupesh Chokshi, SVP and GM of application security at Akamai, in a press release. "As enterprises embrace the AI era to unlock new levels of productivity, AI security must be a key enabler. Firewall for AI is a game changer for any enterprise adopting AI." With Firewall for AI, Akamai plans to secure both inbound and outbound AI queries and responses. It ensures compliance and data protection, helping organisations meet regulatory standards by securing AI-generated outputs. Additionally, Firewall for AI offers flexible deployment options, enabling integration into existing security frameworks via Akamai's edge, REST API, or reverse proxy. It also includes proactive risk mitigation by filtering AI outputs to prevent toxic content, hallucinations, and unauthorised data leaks. These features collectively provide comprehensive protection for AI-powered applications, ensuring both security and performance. With these new tools, Akamai aims to support enterprises in adopting AI technologies securely, ensuring that their data and intellectual property remain protected as they integrate AI into their operations.

Akamai Launches Firewall for AI to Safeguard Next-Gen Applications from Evolving Threats

As AI rapidly transforms industries, organizations are quickly deploying large language models (LLMs), agentic AI, and other emerging tools. However, these innovations introduce new security vulnerabilities, including adversarial attacks, model extraction, API abuse, and large-scale data scraping -- threats that existing web application firewalls (WAFs) are not designed to mitigate. Combined with other new enhancements such as API LLM Discovery, Akamai Firewall for AI provides customers with a holistic set of AI-driven capabilities.

Akamai Firewall for AI Enables Secure AI Applications with Advanced Threat Protection

Akamai's latest solutions use AI to strengthen security while also protecting businesses from AI-driven threats Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today announced Firewall for AI, a new solution that provides multilayered protection for AI applications against unauthorized queries, adversarial inputs, and large-scale data-scraping attempts. As AI rapidly transforms industries, organizations are quickly deploying large language models (LLMs), agentic AI, and other emerging tools. However, these innovations introduce new security vulnerabilities, including adversarial attacks, model extraction, API abuse, and large-scale data scraping -- threats that existing web application firewalls (WAFs) are not designed to mitigate. Combined with other new enhancements such as API LLM Discovery, Akamai Firewall for AI provides customers with a holistic set of AI-driven capabilities. "Traditional security solutions do not stop AI threats," said Rupesh Chokshi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Application Security, Akamai. "As enterprises embrace the AI era to unlock new levels of productivity, AI security must be a key enabler. Firewall for AI is a game changer for any enterprise adopting AI. Securing AI applications isn't just about blocking attacks, it's about enabling innovation without compromising security or performance. With Firewall for AI, enterprise models, data, and intellectual property are protected from evolving threats." Introducing Firewall for AI: Defending AI models from emerging threats AI models contain valuable proprietary knowledge and sensitive datasets, making them prime targets for attackers. Akamai Firewall for AI addresses this as a purpose-built security solution designed to protect AI-powered applications, LLMs, and AI-driven APIs from emerging cyberthreats. By securing inbound AI queries and outbound AI responses, the firewall closes security gaps that generative AI technologies introduce. Key features of Firewall for AI include: Multilayered protection: Blocks adversarial inputs, unauthorized queries, and large-scale data scraping to prevent model manipulation and data exfiltration. Real-time AI threat detection: Uses adaptive security rules to dynamically respond to evolving AI-based attacks, including prompt injection and model exploitation. Compliance and data protection: Helps ensure AI-generated outputs remain safe and align with regulatory and industry standards. Flexible deployment options: Deploys via Akamai edge, REST API, or reverse proxy, enabling seamless integration into existing security frameworks. Proactive risk mitigation: Filters AI outputs to prevent toxic content, hallucinations, and unauthorized data leaks. Expanding AI-driven security capabilities To further protect customer AI deployments and empower secure AI adoption, Akamai is also announcing API LLM Discovery, an enhancement to the Akamai API Security platform, that automatically discovers GenAI and LLM API endpoints, categorizes them, and continuously updates security policies to prevent unauthorized access and abuse. To learn more about these products, please visit our Firewall for AI page or stop by Akamai's booth N-6245 at this year's RSA Conference. About Akamai Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online. Our market-leading security solutions, superior threat intelligence, and global operations team provide defense in depth to safeguard enterprise data and applications everywhere. Akamai's full-stack cloud computing solutions deliver performance and affordability on the world's most distributed platform. Global enterprises trust Akamai to provide the industry-leading reliability, scale, and expertise they need to grow their business with confidence. Learn more at akamai.com and akamai.com/blog, or follow Akamai Technologies on X and LinkedIn.

Akamai Firewall for AI Enables Secure AI Applications with Advanced Threat Protection

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects businesses online, today announced Firewall for AI, a new solution that provides multilayered protection for AI applications against unauthorized queries, adversarial inputs, and large-scale data-scraping attempts. As AI rapidly transforms industries, organizations are quickly deploying large language models (LLMs), agentic AI, and other emerging tools. However, these innovations introduce new security vulnerabilities, including adversarial attacks, model extraction, , and large-scale data scraping -- threats that existing web application firewalls (WAFs) are not designed to mitigate. Combined with other new enhancements such as API LLM Discovery, provides customers with a holistic set of AI-driven capabilities. "Traditional security solutions do not stop AI threats," said Rupesh Chokshi, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Application Security, Akamai. "As enterprises embrace the AI era to unlock new levels of productivity, must be a key enabler. Firewall for AI is a game changer for any enterprise adopting AI. Securing AI applications isn't just about blocking attacks, it's about enabling innovation without compromising security or performance. With Firewall for AI, enterprise models, data, and intellectual property are protected from evolving threats."