This week, Gartner ® released its new 2021 Magic Quadrant TM for Web Application and API Protection ( WAAP ) 1 report, which replaces the Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls (WAF) report, and Akamai has been named a Leader. Akamai was named a Leader in the four previous WAF Magic Quadrants. This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is available upon request from Akamai Technologies, Inc. \r\n We believe that the new WAAP Magic Quadrant is the result of Gartner’s renaming the category from WAF to WAAP to more accurately reflect the expanded set of protections that now must be offered by vendors of these products. \r\n The term “WAAP” aligns more closely with how the market has shifted.…