Akamai App & API Security Technology Syllabus

• Explain Akamai edge architecture and request flow using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: map the components, identities, data paths and trust boundaries for Akamai edge architecture and request flow
• Evidence: produce an annotated architecture diagram and explain the validation result

• Explain Property and security configuration relationships using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: compare a baseline design with a risky or incomplete design for Property and security configuration relationships
• Evidence: produce a design decision record and explain the validation result

• Explain Application Security configuration and activation using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: trace one permitted and one denied access decision for Application Security configuration and activation
• Evidence: produce an access-flow worksheet and explain the validation result

• Explain Kona Rule Set and automated attack protection using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: plan a least-privilege configuration and a safe rollout sequence for Kona Rule Set and automated attack protection
• Evidence: produce a change plan with rollback steps and explain the validation result

• Explain Custom rules, match targets and exceptions using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: review policy order, dependencies, exceptions and rollback conditions for Custom rules, match targets and exceptions
• Evidence: produce a policy review checklist and explain the validation result

• Explain Adaptive Security Engine tuning workflow using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: configure or assess the control with secure defaults for Adaptive Security Engine tuning workflow
• Evidence: produce a configuration evidence sheet and explain the validation result

• Explain Bot Manager and credential abuse controls using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: test expected and unexpected behavior against explicit pass criteria for Bot Manager and credential abuse controls
• Evidence: produce a pass/fail validation record and explain the validation result

• Explain API discovery, posture and protection using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: locate the relevant telemetry and build an investigation timeline for API discovery, posture and protection
• Evidence: produce an investigation timeline and explain the validation result

• Explain Rate controls and application-layer DoS using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: triage a realistic finding and separate risk from expected activity for Rate controls and application-layer DoS
• Evidence: produce a triage note with severity rationale and explain the validation result

• Explain Client-side and sensitive-data protection concepts using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: tune a noisy control without removing required visibility for Client-side and sensitive-data protection concepts
• Evidence: produce a tuning record with before-and-after evidence and explain the validation result

• Explain Security events, SIEM integration and troubleshooting using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: troubleshoot a production-style failure using an evidence-first workflow for Security events, SIEM integration and troubleshooting
• Evidence: produce a troubleshooting runbook entry and explain the validation result

• Explain WAAP policy capstone using current Akamai terminology and connect it to the Akamai App & API Security architecture
• Practice: combine design, validation, operations and handover in the capstone for WAAP policy capstone
• Evidence: produce a concise capstone handover and portfolio artifact and explain the validation result

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