- Akamai Technologies (AKAM, Financial) launches Firewall for AI to protect AI applications from emerging cyberthreats.
- The solution offers multilayered protection with real-time AI threat detection and flexible deployment options.
- API LLM Discovery enhances security by automatically discovering and protecting GenAI and LLM API endpoints.
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) has announced the launch of its innovative Firewall for AI, a security solution designed to shield AI applications from evolving cyberthreats. This cutting-edge product delivers multilayered protection against unauthorized queries, adversarial inputs, and large-scale data-scraping attempts.
Key features of the Firewall for AI include real-time AI threat detection with adaptive security rules, protection against prompt injection, and model exploitation. The solution also ensures compliance and data protection through flexible deployment options, which include Akamai edge, REST API, or reverse proxy, and proactively filters AI outputs to prevent toxic content and data leaks.
In addition to the Firewall for AI, Akamai has introduced API LLM Discovery, an enhancement to its API Security platform. This feature automatically discovers and protects GenAI and LLM API endpoints, safeguarding enterprise models and intellectual property as the adoption of AI technologies continues to increase.
According to Rupesh Chokshi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Application Security at Akamai, the introduction of the Firewall for AI is a significant advancement in AI security. It aims not only to block attacks but also to enable innovation without compromising on security or performance, thus protecting enterprise data and intellectual property from evolving threats.
As the adoption of large language models and generative AI accelerates across industries, Akamai's latest security offerings position the company to address growing enterprise concerns about AI security, compliance, and data protection.
