Misconfigured or stale WAAP policies can give a dangerous illusion of security, leaving you open to data exfiltration, scraping attacks, compliance failures, or downtime from DDoS.

Over time, rulesets drift, policies lag behind evolving threats, and operational effort mounts.

We make sure that never happens.

RiverSafe keeps your Akamai App & API Protector, Bot Management, and Fraud Management solutions optimised, aligned, and delivering the outcomes you invested in, without draining your team’s time or leaving you reliant on a single specialist.

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The value we deliver

  • Maximise your Akamai investment

    Continuous posture reviews, expert tuning, and configuration updates that strengthen defences and reduce risk across your entire API and web application estate.

  • Resilient, scalable expertise

    A dedicated pool of Akamai-certified specialists with deep, multi-client experience. No single points of failure.

  • Ease operational overhead

    We take on day-to-day management, maintenance, and tuning so your team can focus on high-value threat hunting and incident response.

  • Reduce alert fatigue

    Context-rich alerts and refined rules cut false positives and speed up decision-making.

  • Enable compliance and reporting

    Policies aligned to PCI DSS, GDPR, and other standards, backed by reporting that gives boards and stakeholders confidence.

  • Accelerate incident response

    Rapid detection, investigation, and remediation to limit impact and downtime.

See how a major UK retailer turned Akamai WAAP into a business enabler with RiverSafe’s expertise.

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What’s Included in Our WAAP Managed Service

We deliver a full-lifecycle WAAP service, from design and deployment to continuous optimisation and reporting, covering more than just basic WAF.

Threat Prevention & Access Control

  • IP/Geo Firewall – Enforce edge-based IP, ASN, and country-level allow/block policies.
  • DoS Protection – Adaptive volumetric and application-layer traffic scrubbing to keep services online.
  • Client Reputation – Leverage Threat Intelligence Service to score traffic and guide policy decisions.

Advanced App & API Protection

  • Web Application Firewall – Manage OWASP signatures, apply zero-day updates, and enforce positive-security measures.
  • Custom Rules – Flexible match-and-action policies for headers, paths, and patterns.
  • Business Logic & API Security – Defend against attacks that target the way your applications work, not just known vulnerabilities.

Bot & Fraud Defence

  • Bot Management – Behavioural analysis and ML-based classification with block, challenge, or allow actions.

Client-Side Integrity & Compliance

  • Client-Side Protection – Deploy Page Integrity Manager to inject JS controls and enforce security headers, stopping in-browser exploits.
  • Compliance Alignment – Maintain PCI DSS, GDPR, and page integrity compliance.

Why RiverSafe

We help security leaders reduce risk, prove ROI, and maintain compliance while easing operational pressure on their teams.

  • Certified Akamai Expertise

    Delivered by specialists with deep WAAP knowledge and proven outcomes.

  • Multi-disciplinary capability

    API security, DevOps, and cybersecurity expertise in one team.

  • Expertise embedded in the service, not a single person

    Avoid costly training and the risk that comes from single points of failure.

  • Deep Integration Knowledge

    Experts not only in Akamai solutions, but in the other tools, platforms, and workflows they interact with

  • End-to-end delivery

    From setup to daily operations, we own the outcomes.

  • Collective intelligence –

    Defence strategies informed by real-world attacks across multiple environments.

  • Tailored approach

    Policies and configurations mapped to your risk profile, business goals, and compliance needs.

Ready to get the most out of your Akamai WAAP investment?

Book your WAAP strategy session. Identify hidden gaps, optimise your Akamai defences, and free your team from day-to-day management.

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