{"id":843146,"date":"2025-04-29T06:42:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/akamai-firewall-for-ai-enables-secure-ai-applications-with-advanced-threat-protection\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T06:42:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:42:38","slug":"akamai-firewall-for-ai-enables-secure-ai-applications-with-advanced-threat-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/akamai-firewall-for-ai-enables-secure-ai-applications-with-advanced-threat-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Akamai Firewall for AI Enables Secure AI Applications with Advanced Threat Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Akamai’s latest solutions use AI to strengthen security while also protecting businesses from AI-driven threats<\/p>\n

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\n <\/span>, April 29, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Akamai Technologies, Inc.<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(NASDAQ: AKAM), the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online, today announced Firewall for <\/a>AI<\/a>,<\/a><\/u> a new solution that provides multilayered protection for AI applications against unauthorized queries, adversarial inputs, and large-scale data-scraping attempts.<\/p>\n

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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\u00a0\u2014 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.<\/p>\n

“Traditional security solutions do not stop AI threats,” said Rupesh Chokshi<\/span>, 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.”<\/p>\n

\n Introducing Firewall for AI: Defending AI models from emerging threats<\/b>\n <\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Key features of Firewall for AI include:<\/p>\n