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Akamai WAF SIEM

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Use the Akamai WAF SIEM integration to retrieve security events from Akamai Web Application Firewall (WAF) service.

Overview

This pack enables using a Web Application Firewall (WAF), a security filter that protects against HTTP-based attacks by inspecting traffic before it reaches your application.
Note:
Use the native collector for log ingestion. The event collector will be deprecated in the next Cortex XSIAM version.

This pack includes

Data normalization capabilities:

  • Parsing and modeling rules normalize logs ingested via the Cortex XSIAM native collector.
  • The akamai_waf_raw dataset enables querying ingested Akamai WAF SIEM logs in XQL Search.

Data Collection

Akamai WAF side

  1. Go to WEB & DATA CENTER SECURITY > Security Configuration > choose your configuration > Advanced settings > Enable SIEM integration.
  2. Open Control panel and login with the admin account.
  3. Open the identity and access management menu.
  4. Create a user with Manage SIEM permissions or make sure the admin has permission to manage the SIEM.
  5. Log in to the new account you just created.
  6. Open the identity and access management menu.
  7. Create a new api client for me.
  8. Assign an API key to the relevant user group, and on the next page assign Read/Write access for SIEM.
  9. Save the configuration and go to the API detail you just created.
  10. Click new credentials and download or copy it.
  11. Use the credentials to configure Akamai WAF in Cortex XSIAM.

For more information, see here.

Cortex XSIAM side - native collector

To access the Akamai WAF SIEM on your Cortex XSIAM tenant:

  1. In the navigation pane, click Settings and click Data Sources
  2. At the top-right corner, click Add Data Source
  3. Search for Akamai WAF SIEM and click Connect.

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PLATFORMS

Cortex XSOARCortex XSIAM

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Supported ByCortex
CreatedNovember 9, 2020
Last ReleaseOctober 15, 2025
Network Security
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