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Akamai Prolexic

Collect DDoS detection critical events and general events from the Akamai Prolexic Analytics API for Cortex XSIAM.

Akamai Prolexic

This pack provides the Akamai Prolexic event collector for Cortex XSIAM.

What does this pack do?

Akamai Prolexic is a cloud-based DDoS protection service. The integration
collects DDoS detection critical events and general events from the Akamai
Prolexic Analytics API and forwards them to Cortex XSIAM as the
akamai_prolexic_raw dataset (vendor=akamai, product=prolexic).

Two complementary event streams are collected:

  • Critical Events — DDoS attack detections and high-severity alerts.
    Prolexic updates these records in place, so each entry carries an
    _ENTRY_STATUS field set to either new or updated.
  • Events — General activity, traffic patterns, and network behavior
    anomalies.

Each source is fetched and deduplicated independently, so a burst in one
stream does not delay or crowd out the other.

Authentication

Akamai Prolexic uses the EdgeGrid HMAC-SHA-256 authentication scheme. You
will need an Akamai API client with READ-ONLY access to the Prolexic Analytics
API. See the integration Help section for full setup instructions.

Rate limits

The Prolexic Analytics API is limited to 1000 requests per hour. Tune the
Maximum events per fetch and Events Fetch Interval parameters to stay
below that ceiling.

PUBLISHER

PLATFORMS

Cortex XSIAM

INFO

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Supported ByCortex
CreatedSeptember 8, 2026
Last ReleaseSeptember 8, 2026
Network Security
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