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A security information and event management solution (SIEM) is an important part of any DevSecOps strategy. Analyzing security events and creating visualizations and reports allows you to fine-tune the security for your infrastructure and bolster the security of your applications, APIs, data and endpoints. SIEM tools are often used to collect logs for origin servers, internal firewalls, or other sources...

Delivering rich online experiences is a requirement for businesses today. But with users accessing your images and videos on a variety of different devices and browsers, accounting for all of the possible display variations is challenging. Automatic resizing is one of the most useful capabilities of the Akamai Image and Video Manager. Read on to learn how to properly resize...

In this blog, we will add user authentication to a simple PHP web application with Akamai Identity Cloud. The primary use case is user registration and log in or out from a simple PHP application. In this example, we will use the OpenID Connect (OIDC) Authorization Code flow built into Akamai Identity Cloud as illustrated below. You can complete the...

With the Akamai Terraform Provider, you are able to manage your Akamai-as-code. The Akamai Terraform Provider offers you the ability to execute key use-cases to manage your Akamai solutions. The Akamai Terraform Provider is officially approved by HashiCorp, who maintains Terraform.  You can find the full documentation including code examples and Getting Started tutorials on the Terraform Documentation website: https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/akamai/index.html...

DevOps is everywhere—but how do you apply it to your workflow? In this blog post, we’ll show you how to simulate an entire continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline with Akamai. Let’s walk through the complete Akamai pipeline workflow from scratch, so you can see how the blocks work together, and apply a similar approach to your own code....

The API Gateway dashboard has undergone a big renovation!  New Dashboard | When you log in to Akamai Control Center and navigate to API Definitions > API Gateway Dashboard, you’ll see a new link at the top of the page:  This link will take you to the new dashboard where you can begin setting up the reports you would like...

As online security professionals, we are always striving to improve website security. Security threats continue to evolve, requiring an online protection strategy that is robust and flexible. In this blog post, we’ll share an overview of a multi-layered web security approach with Akamai that addresses ever-changing online security challenges. Edge DNS | Before we review the security protections available from...

This blog post covers the Akamai Developer Webinar, “Akamai-as-code With The Washington Post" in which Ian Baker, Technical Director at the Washington Post and Yair Greenbaum, Engagement Manager at Akamai, explain how Arc Publishing (a Washington Post company) created an effective DevOps practice to manage their infrastructure as code.  Arc Publishing, a Washington Post company, offers an intuitive, comprehensive suite...

Learn how Akamai's serverless computing solution can help you use geolocation to improve user experience.

Many online businesses that Akamai supports are focused on Internet security best practices — this is especially true for customers in the financial services industry, which is a frequent target of cyberattacks and fraud. In an effort to provide the safest online experience, sometimes these customers overlook opportunities to improve performance and availability. By deploying basic caching strategies, you can...