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updatedAt: 2026-08-12T16:32:23.000Z
agentTools:
  siteIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/llms.txt
  projectIndex: https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/llms.txt
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# Security protection categories

| Category                          | Description               |
| :-------------------------------- | :------------------------ |
| `WAF`                             | Autonomous system numbers |
| `requestCookieCondition`          | Cookies                   |
| `requestProtocolVersionCondition` | Protocol versions         |
| `ipAddressCondition`              | IP addresses              |
| `networkListCondition`            | Network lists             |
| `requestHeaderCondition`          | Headers                   |
| `requestHeaderOrderCondition`     | Order of headers          |
| `queryStringCondition`            | Query parameters          |
| `urlPatternCondition`             | URL paths                 |
| `filenameCondition`               | Filenames                 |
| `fileExtensionCondition`          | File types                |
| `hostNameCondition`               | Hostnames                 |

# Sibling pages

* [Export condition type values](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/etval.md)
* [Export match condition type values](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/cndval.md)
* [Export header values](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/hdval.md)
* [Condition values](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/condition-values.md)
* [CustomRule condition type values](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/condition-type-values.md)
* [Deny name values](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/deny-name-values.md)
* [Exception selector values](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/exception-selector-values.md)
* [Recommendation selector values](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/recommendation-selector-values.md)
* [Logging option values (Beta)](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/logging-option-values.md)
* [SIEM action and attack-type exceptions](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/siem-action-and-attack-type-exceptions.md)
* [PII entity types](https://techdocs.akamai.com/application-security/reference/pii-entity-types.md)