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Enhancements to Akamai API Security, Q3 2025

Akamai·Oct 23, 2025 Stas Neyman·6 months ago
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APIs are powering everything from fintech platforms to patient portals — and threat actors are targeting them at every stage. To help security and development teams stay ahead, we’ve delivered a range of updates across releases 3.50 to 3.54.

These enhancements improve visibility, automation, coverage, and compliance across the API lifecycle — and help teams address real-world challenges, from audit prep to runtime protection.

Here’s what’s new.

HIPAA and FAPI are now supported in the Compliance Dashboard

The API Compliance Dashboard now supports two additional industry-standard frameworks: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) , for healthcare data protection, and FAPI (formerly Financial-grade API), for high-assurance financial data flows (Figure 1).

These additions help security and compliance teams identify configuration gaps, track remediation efforts, and prepare audit documentation — all without manual spreadsheet wrangling.

For example, a healthcare provider can now…

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