---
url: https://docs.realmsec.info/integration/akamai_asec_cef.md
---

# Akamai ASEC CEF Integration

Realm Security receives Akamai Security Events via the Akamai SIEM CEF Connector, forwarded through the Realm Collector.

![ObjectsMenu](../images/akamai_siem_connector_diagram.png)

## Prerequisites

* Administrative access to the Akamai Control Center
* SIEM Integration turned on for your Akamai instance. Read more in the [Akamai SIEM Integration Documentation](https://techdocs.akamai.com/siem-integration/docs/akamai-siem-integration-for-splunk-and-cef-syslog)
  * Take note of the desired Configuration IDs you want data from

## Realm Console

1. Create a new Akamai ASEC CEF Source.
2. Either create a new collector, or use an existing one.
3. Create a new Stream to that collector using the Akamai CEF product format and select `Octet Counting` for the Framing.
4. Follow the [Realm Collector install guide](/integration/collector) to set up and install the collector.
   * Take note of the FQDN or IP address of the collector instance, as well as the port.

## Akamai Control Center: Configure Akamai SIEM CEF log forwarding

You can see more options on how to configure logging in the [Akamai SIEM CEF Connector logging docs](https://techdocs.akamai.com/siem-integration/docs/siem-cef-connector#logging).

1. Set **CEFHost** to the IP or FQDN of the Collector installation configured previously.
2. Set **CEFPort** to the correct port of the Realm Collector Syslog Stream.
3. Set **CEFProtocol** to `TCP`.
4. Install the CEF connector on the desired server following the Akamai documentation to [Install the CEF connector](https://techdocs.akamai.com/siem-integration/docs/siem-cef-connector#install-the-cef-connector).