As organizations accelerate app and GenAI development, APIs become vulnerable due to misconfigurations and missing security controls. These APIs, once in production, are frequent targets for attackers, contributing to major data breaches. Traditional tools like API gateways and WAFs are no longer enough. Akamai’s guide emphasizes the need for API runtime protection—monitoring, threat detection, and real-time defense—within a comprehensive API security approach. It outlines key features and highlights Akamai's API Security solution, which offers real-time protection against misconfigurations, exploits, and evolving API threats.

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