Use these settings to minimize the information your website shares with clients and protect your infrastructure from unauthorized access or malicious threats.

Deployment Network Template

To secure content over HTTPS, Akamai offers two distinct security levels: Standard TLS and Enhanced TLS.

Standard TLS

Enabled by default, standard TLS uses a Level 1 (L1) certificate for secure HTTPS delivery. It is SOX and ISO compliant, but doesn't meet PCI or FedRAMP standards. Use it for general web traffic, public sites, and content that doesn't exchange Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

Standard TLS uses the edgesuite.net suffix for edge hostnames.

Enhanced TLS

Enhanced TLS uses a Level 3 (L3) certificate network engineered for high-assurance security requirements. It's fully PCI and FedRAMP compliant, which makes it best for sites handling sensitive data like PII, e-commerce transactions, or financial data. It also supports specialized non-SNI configurations for older legacy clients that don't send TLS SNI headers.

Enhanced TLS uses the edgekey.net suffix for edge hostnames.