Akamai Account Protector is a security solution that protects against account abuse across the entire lifecycle of an account. The solution uses machine learning and a dataset of risk and trust indicators to determine the legitimacy of user requests. The product operates through a four-stage process: detecting user risk through anomalies in behavior based on profiles and risk signals, assessing requests for authenticity and creating user risk scores, responding with customized block, alert, and allow actions based on risk scores, and updating behavioral user profiling with legitimate requests for future assessments. Account Protector addresses multiple security challenges including account opening abuse, account takeover (ATO), and sophisticated adversarial bot attacks such as credential stuffing and inventory manipulation. The solution evaluates user authenticity based on detailed profiles including devices, networks, locations, and time of activity. The product leverages Akamai's global network effect to assess entities across all Account Protector customers, enabling accurate risk scoring even for new accounts or infrequent visitors. It includes bot detection capabilities from Akamai Bot Manager, using AI and machine learning to detect and mitigate bot traffic through behavior analysis, browser fingerprinting, HTTP anomaly detection, and automated browser detection. Account Protector provides visibility into user browsers, operating systems, login frequency, and locations. The solution is GDPR compliant and can integrate with SIEM systems through the Akamai SIEM Integration connector for deeper insights into account abuse attacks.