Blog Security Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for a Superior Web Application Firewall Maxim Zavodchik is an experienced security research leader with a proven track record in establishing, growing, and defining strategic vision for Threat Research and Data Science teams in Web Application Security and API Protection. When he’s not protecting life online, you can find him being a super dad and/or watching Studio Ghibli movies. Tom Emmons is a data enthusiast who leads a team focused on machine learning and automation at Akamai. His areas of security expertise are in DDoS and application security. Rather than merely reacting to threats, we are using AI to stay ahead of attackers. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a blessing for attackers.…