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New Connector: DefectDojo + Akamai Security: Edge-to-Core Vulnerability Management, Unified

Written by GREG ANDERSON | Mar 2, 2026 2:30:00 PM

Your edge security just got a direct line to your vulnerability management program.

We're excited to announce the launch of the DefectDojo + Akamai Security Connector, a new native integration that imports security findings from across Akamai's security portfolio directly into DefectDojo for centralized vulnerability management, deduplication, risk scoring, and remediation tracking.

If your organization relies on Akamai to protect applications, APIs, and infrastructure at the edge, this connector ensures those findings no longer live in isolation. They now flow into the same unified platform where your SAST, DAST, SCA, container, and infrastructure findings already live.

What the Connector Does

The new Akamai Security Connector enables your team to:

Import findings automatically. Pull security detections from Akamai's security portfolio into DefectDojo. No manual exports. No CSV wrangling. No copy-paste between consoles. Just clean, structured data flowing into your vulnerability management workflow.

Deduplicate across your entire stack. DefectDojo's intelligent deduplication engine ensures that overlapping detections, like an API vulnerability flagged by both Akamai and your DAST scanner, get correlated into a single finding instead of creating duplicate work.

Apply unified risk scoring. DefectDojo calculates risk based on asset criticality, vulnerability severity, and environmental context. Your team gets a single, prioritized queue of what to fix first, regardless of which tool discovered the issue.

Track remediation end-to-end. Assign findings to engineering teams, push tickets to Jira, GitHub, GitLab, or Azure DevOps, and track resolution from detection to closure across your entire security program.

Report with complete visibility. With Akamai data now part of your DefectDojo instance, your executive dashboards, compliance reports, and program metrics reflect your complete security posture, from edge to code.

The Bigger Picture: Consolidation Without Compromise

This connector is part of DefectDojo's goal to be the operating system that connects all of your security tools.

With 200+ native integrations and the Universal Parser for everything else, DefectDojo is built on a simple principle: your vulnerability management platform should work with your stack, not against it. You should be able to swap scanners, add new tools, and evolve your program without rebuilding your management layer from scratch.

Adding Akamai Security to the connector ecosystem means that organizations protecting their edge with Akamai now get the same centralized management experience that teams using Snyk, Burp Suite, Qualys, Checkmarx, Trivy, Nessus, and hundreds of other tools already rely on.

Your security stack is unique. Your vulnerability management platform should support that, not fight it.

Getting Started

Setting up the DefectDojo + Akamai Security Connector takes just minutes:

  1. Navigate to your DefectDojo instance and open Connectors in the settings menu.
  2. Select Akamai Security from the available integrations.
  3. Configure your Akamai API credentials and select the security configurations you want to import.
  4. Run your first import and watch your Akamai findings appear alongside the rest of your vulnerability data.

For detailed setup instructions, visit our documentation at docs.defectdojo.com.

Ready to Unify Your Security Program?

If you're already a DefectDojo Pro customer, the Akamai Security Connector is available now. If you're exploring DefectDojo for the first time, there's never been a better moment to see how centralized vulnerability management transforms the way your team operates.

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DefectDojo is the leading open-source and enterprise vulnerability management platform, trusted by security teams worldwide to consolidate, deduplicate, and manage findings from 200+ security tools. Learn more at defectdojo.com.