New Features

• CSV import/export feature is supported for Shared Policies. Initially, it was supported only for the Legacy Policies.  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in the GUI to ensure a single property deletion shows a pending status.

Identity and Access Management Enhancement

When a user is removed from the account, an email notification is sent to the Admins of that account.

Image and Video Manager April/May 2021 updates:

Shared Policy Sets 

You can now reuse policies sets and share them across multiple properties belonging to the same contract. Any changes to the shared policy set are reflected globally across all associated properties. To learn more, see Shared Policy Sets.

New Policy Manager UI—Beta 

We have launched a revamped beta version of the Policy Manager UI that introduces following improvements:

• A change in workflow to allow creation of policies via the new UI
• Greater accessibility of policy sets and policy actions
• Clearer reflection of the concept of policies being contained within policy sets
• Additional information about policies and policy sets and policies on the landing page
• Changes to default settings, including: default Perceptual Quality set to Medium High, default resolution set to 1080px for Apple devices, and modernized default breakpoints
• A cleaner, simpler, more organized look

You can access the New UI using the ‘Switch to beta’ button on the Policy Manager page.

Troubleshooting information 

We have added guidance for troubleshooting issues you may encounter when working with Image and Video Manager. To learn more, see Troubleshooting.

Support HEIC/HEIF image format—Experimental

We have added experimental support for the HEIC/HEIF image format for derivative image creation.

We’ve made the following updates and improvements to the Adaptive Acceleration user interface:

• The title of the Adaptive Acceleration landing page is now “Adaptive Acceleration” instead of “Automatic Push and Preconnect Policy”.
• The buttons for Warnings and Property Details are now links.
• The property name is now visible on the Adaptive Acceleration page.
• We moved the “Policy Last Updated” and “Data Source” fields underneath the property name.
• The description on the Adaptive Acceleration UI page has also been updated.

We have made several enhancements and bug fixes to the administrative API and command-line interface for EdgeKV.

Updates to the EdgeKV APIs:

• We have updated the JSON input and output format for the initialize and namespace endpoints to comply with REST API best practices.
• When listing namespaces you can now optionally display namespace details, such as geoLocation and retentionInSeconds.
• Namespace commands now show a geoLocation attribute that currently defaults to the US. 
• When listing tokens you can optionally return a list of expired tokens. Expired tokens cannot be used but do count towards your account token limit as documented here.

Updates to the EdgeKV CLI package:

(Note that you need to install the latest EdgeKV CLI package to access these enhancements and bug fixes.)

• The CLI now accepts the renamed JSON returned by the EdgeKV API. This update enables all CLI commands to display properly.
• Specifying a retention period is now mandatory when creating a namespace. This previously defaulted to six months, but is now configurable.
• When listing namespaces you can optionally retrieve namespace details such as geoLocation and retentionInSeconds. 
• Namespace commands now show a geoLocation attribute that currently defaults to the US. 
• When listing tokens you can optionally return a list of expired tokens. Expired tokens cannot be used but do count towards your account token limit as documented here.
• The CLI can now display empty string or “null” values stored in EdgeKV. 

Enterprise Threat Protector (ETP) Release June 1, 2021

The following new features are now generally available:

• Application Visibility and Control. This feature is available in all ETP editions and allows your organization to grant or block access to specific applications based on risk, category, or application type. Additionally, if your organization is licensed for ETP Standard or Advanced Threat editions, you can define the application operations that you want to allow or block.

• Data Loss Prevention (DLP). Akamai is restarting the Data Loss Prevention beta in response to findings in the first beta. The DLP engine is now improved to better support Google Drive. DLP also now automatically bypasses applications that encrypt data, which previously resulted in false positives. Please note that you can still block any application using the Application Visibility and Control feature.

• Mobile ETP Client Support. Clients to allow ETP policies to be enforced for Apple IoS, Android, and Chromebook devices are now available. This capability also enables you to easily add protection to unmanaged devices.

• File Type Blocking. Customers may now block specific types of files from being downloaded.

• End of Support For ETP UI. The classic ETP UI is now no longer supported and all functionality has been migrated to the Enterprise Center. Please update your bookmarks accordingly.

The following features are currently in beta:

• Scheduled Reports Enhancements. You can now schedule reports for all Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) violations in addition to threats. Additionally, you can schedule Summary Proxy Activity and DNS activity reports on a daily or weekly basis.

Minor changes and fixes. This release includes a number of minor changes and bug fixes to improve the usability of the product.

Please note that legacy AUP categories are now no longer supported. Please migrate to the new categories if you have not done so already.

New Feature: Cloud Access Manager support for Ion

Cloud Access Manager is an interface that enables cloud origin authentication for AWS and GCP, and allows you to securely store and manage your cloud origin credentials in the form of access keys. Cloud Access Manager also allows you to reference access keys in multiple properties within your account.

Cloud Access Manager consists of two parts:

• The Cloud Access Manager application used to securely store cloud origin credentials
• An Origin Characteristics change that introduces a “secure storage” option that lets you select an already defined cloud origin credential

See the Cloud Access Manager User Guide to learn more. 

New Feature: Cloud Access Manager support for Dynamic Site Accelerator

Cloud Access Manager is an interface that enables cloud origin authentication for AWS and GCP, and allows you to securely store and manage your cloud origin credentials in the form of access keys. Cloud Access Manager also allows you to reference access keys in multiple properties within your account.

Cloud Access Manager consists of two parts:

• The Cloud Access Manager application used to securely store cloud origin credentials
• An Origin Characteristics change that introduces a “secure storage” option that lets you select an already defined cloud origin credential

See the Cloud Access Manager User Guide to learn more. 

New features:

• Support for Cloud Access Manager with OD. Use Cloud Access Manager (CAM) to enable origin authentication and securely store and manage your cloud provider origin credentials as “access keys.” Easily select an access key in the Origin Characteristics behavior in an OD property, eliminating the need to manually provide these credentials. See the OD user documentation for more details on Cloud Access Manager and how to add it to your OD property.

New features:

• Support for Cloud Access Manager with DD. Use Cloud Access Manager (CAM) to enable origin authentication and securely store and manage your cloud provider origin credentials as “access keys.” Easily select an access key in the Origin Characteristics behavior in a DD property, eliminating the need to manually provide these credentials. See the DD user documentation for more details on Cloud Access Manager and how to add it to your DD property.