Web Security Analytics now offers:

• More options for filters - starts-with any, contains any, ends-with any - and their negatives. Learn more.
• UI messaging that indicates whenever the platform throttles incoming event traffic to maintain service to our users while under severe traffic load. Learn more.
• New indicator dimension for Account Protector customers.

New features:

• Sumo Logic support. DataStream 2 now allows you to choose Sumo Logic as a destination to send your Akamai logs for detailed analysis. See the DataStream 2 User Guide for details on how to configure Sumo Logic as connectors for your stream.

Enhancement:

• Improved application layout. We have changed the stream view configuration, stream history and activation screens to improve the DataStream 2 application user experience. Changes include listing the stream’s data fields and version status.

Akamai MFA 14/07/2021 release

New Features

Akamai MFA Dashboard provides you with an overview of the key authentication data that supports you in investigating and troubleshooting access issues.

With the new Help Desk administrative role, you can delegate tasks related to the users’ support such as the generation of bypass codes.

The latest enhancements to the Users page let you search and filter more effectively.

Akamai MFA now allows third-party authenticators such as Duo Mobile or Google Authenticator to be enrolled as OTP device allowing users to authenticate with passcodes generated by those authenticators.

Supported browser versions

The following are the minimum browser versions that support the installation of the Akamai MFA extension

• Firefox 87.0

• Google Chrome 89.0.4389.90

• Microsoft Edge 89.0.774.57

• Safari 14.0.3

Internet Explorer is not supported.

Supported mobile devices

The following mobile device OS versions support the installation of the Akamai MFA mobile app

• iOS 13 and above (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch)

• Android 7 and above (phones and tablets)

The latest release for the Test Center includes:

• Default selection of IPv4 during test case creation.

• Browser version updated to latest - Chrome 91.0.

• Few condition statements were tweaked based on feedback:

  • Condition type Caching Option is now changed to Caching.

  • The term ttl is now changed to max-age in caching condition statement.

  • The Cache key query parameters condition statement has been extended to include query parameters name queryParameterNames.

  • Condition type cp code and the term cp code in condition statement is now changed to Content provider code.

• Bug fixes and usability enhancements.

The latest mPulse update includes the following:

• mPulse now chooses the smallest flavor of Boomerang to include in your data collection based on the features you’ve enabled within your app configuration. If needed, you can override this default selection. Only available when using Boomerang version 1.737 or later.

Identity and Access Management - New API client features

• Centralized API client workflow. This new workflow lets you provision API clients for yourself, another user, or a system from a single location.
• Support for Service Accounts. As an Admin, you can create an API client that assumes the identity for a service account and grant authorized users access to manage its client credentials. Service accounts do not belong to any user and not tied to a user’s identity. Additionally, you can assign any role for any group you administer, and grant access to all APIs you have access to.

For details on creating and customizing a service account API client, see the documentation.

The latest mPulse update includes the following:

• Fixed a bug related to timer filters not working properly when Back End Time (TTFB) was applied.

Enterprise Threat Protector (ETP) Release, July 7, 2021

The following features and enhancements are now available:

• Deploy individual lists. If a list is ready for deployment, an administrator can now select the specific lists they are allowed to manage and would like to deploy. Before this update, a deploy operation would publish all lists that the administrator was permitted to manage.
• New filters and dimensions added to DNS Summary and Proxy Summary reports. New filter criteria and dimensions for access control are now available in the DNS Summary and Proxy Summary activity reports.
• Scheduled Reports Enhancements. You can now schedule reports for access control events, as well as threat events. Additionally, you can schedule a report for DNS Summary or Proxy Summary activity data. The DNS Summary and Proxy Summary scheduled reports show the top activity based on ETP reporting dimensions such as location, domain, geographical region, and more.  
• Updated firewall hostname for DoT. The Security Connector DNS Forwarder and ETP Client now use the *.akaetp.net hostname for DNS-over-TLS (DoT) connections. Make sure you update your firewall, on-premise proxy, and allowlists to use this hostname with outbound TCP port 443 or 853. Note: For ETP Client, the port you must allow depends on the port that’s configured in the policy. In a policy, you can select port 443 or 853 for DoT. For DNS Forwarder, the port you must allow depends on the port configured in Security Connector for a DNS Forwarder configuration.

The following features are currently in beta:

• Sublocations. An administrator can now configure sublocations for ETP locations. A sublocation can represent different virtual local area networks (VLANs) that are routed to the Internet with the same IP address. This feature allows you to apply different policies to your sublocations and in turn, define more granular access.
• New Threat Categories. Akamai has added risky categories to the threat settings of a policy. These risky categories include Adware, Coin Mining, Newly Seen Domains, Newly Registered Domains, Potentially Harmful Domains, and DNS Tunneling services. Before this update, risky domains were tracked in a policy setting where administrators could select an action that would send all risky domains to the proxy for scanning. With these new risky categories, you can select an action for each category.

To participate in the beta of these features, contact your Akamai representative.

New features:

• Custom HTTPS endpoint support. DataStream 2 now allows you to choose a custom HTTPS endpoint as a destination to send your Akamai logs and receive data. See the DataStream 2 User Guide for details on how to configure custom HTTPS endpoints as connectors for your stream.

• Geo data fields. DataStream 2 now features new data fields that provide geographical information about the requests. You can now collect and stream data on the city and country ISO code where the requests originate from in the log files.

Enhancement:

• Easier property selection. When configuring your stream in the DataStream 2 application, you can see property names next to product names and hostnames in separate columns. This helps you comfortably select properties that belong to the same product.

Image and Video Manager April/May 2021 updates:

New features:

• Animated GIF to mp4 conversion (Experimental): You are now able to convert animated GIFs to MP4 videos for additional byte savings.

• Image and Video Manager integration with Simplified Product onboarding (SPO): You can now use our SPO assistant to enable Image and Video Manager on a new property, which will help you to get going with IVM quickly and easily. to learn more about SPO, see their June 3, 2020 release note.

Dashboard updates:

On the IVM Video Dashboard, you are now able to view the top video URLs based on number of seconds delivered.