Overview \r\n The Akamai App & API Protector solution is a modern cloud-based web application firewall (WAF) that combines API protection and security, bot protections, application-layer distributed denial-of-service ( DDoS ) protection and mitigation, and malware protection all in one convenient solution. \r\n This API security solution, which helps prevent API attacks at API endpoints, runs on Akamai Connected Cloud , the world’s most distributed cloud platform, which offers unparalleled visibility, intelligence, and performance at scale.  \r\n Central to App & API Protector is the Adaptive Security Engine , our state-of-the-art web application and API protection ( WAAP ) technology, which provides enterprise organizations with holistic web application security by combining advanced automation, machine learning (ML), real-time security intelligence, and threat research insights.  \r\n \r\n Advanced automation — Adaptive Security Engine continually adjusts to its…