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Akamai and MuleSoft Unify Real-Time API Defense and AI Policy Control, Extending Governance Across Agent Fabric

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Akamai and MuleSoft have expanded their technology collaboration to unify real-time API defense and AI policy control, aiming to eliminate security risks from unmonitored APIs and shadow AI deployments.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With unmonitored APIs and shadow AI deployments continuing to create critical security blind spots that leave corporate data exposed, Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) today announced an expanded technology collaboration with MuleSoft to help eliminate these risks. This comes as 87% of organizations reported an API-related security incident during 2025, according to survey responses in the 2026 Akamai API Security Impact Study. As enterprises deploy Agentforce and other AI agents at scale, Agent Fabric governs the underlying agents, APIs, and MCP servers that make agentic workflows possible. This integration extends that governance with Akamai's runtime security intelligence, closing the gap between security monitoring and operational governance. The integration establishes a two-way data synchronization layer between the two platforms. MuleSoft Exchange automatically synchronizes API specifications and environment data with Akamai. Teams can verify live traffic against design blueprints and instantly identify drift, including undocumented or obsolete endpoints. At the same time, Akamai continuously analyzes API activity from connected traffic sources and environments, feeding behavioral analytics and threat risk scores into MuleSoft's unified control plane. Akamai reveals API traffic that would otherwise be hidden, giving...

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Sep 10, 2026
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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  • MuleSoftPartnermulesoft.com

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Sep 10, 2026
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