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What is Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)?

Dynamic application security testing (DAST) is an automated security testing technique that is used to identify vulnerabilities in web applications. The best DAST tools simulate various types of attacks to detect security vulnerabilities and test a broad spectrum of endpoints including hidden values. By simulating malicious attacks on an application, automated DAST security tools can help identify outcomes that are far outside typical user experience.

API Security: Understanding Types, Challenges, and Best Practices

The digital world has brought advancements in all sorts of life. The applications communicate with each other over the internet to deliver effective service. API is an application language that interacts with the application server to extract the client’s intended information and produce it readable. It is estimated that the global API market will reach about 13.7 billion US dollars by 2027. This user-friendly software makes the business organization widely adopt it to enhance their growth.

Security Competency and More - Deepening our Ties with AWS

Since a lot of our customers build and run their applications in AWS, our partnership and joint solution delivery with AWS provides enormous value. We’re excited to share that we’ve deepened our ties to AWS in two compelling ways, by achieving AWS WAF Ready Status and earning AWS Security Competency. Salt is the first and only API security company in both of these vital AWS programs.

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Growing Digital Ecosystems, Increasing Cybersecurity Risk, Fragmented Regulations and Economic Challenges Emphasizes Need for Holistic API Security

The challenges that the global business community has faced in the last few years have been unprecedented. A pandemic, inflation, an energy crisis, war, an economic downturn, and fragmented and delayed supply chains have all created issues for organizations and have left no industry, market, or region untouched. Yet, despite these issues, our digital ecosystems and footprint grow ever bigger and increasingly complex. The global digital transformation market was worth $731.13 billion in 2022, and it is now expected to grow at a CAGR of 26.7% by 2030, driven in the main by businesses trying to gain a competitive advantage.

How to Find and Fix API Vulnerabilities

Application programming interfaces (APIs) have become an essential component of modern applications in the digital age. However, with the increasing reliance on APIs as more businesses digitize their operations, the need for API security is more undeniable than ever before. API security is imperative as it prevents unauthorized access to data, maintains the confidentiality of users’ information, and helps prevent malicious attacks that could lead to significant damage to your business.

API7:2019 Security Misconfiguration: The What, Sample Exploits, and Prevention Methods

Security misconfigurations are very common security risks, not just in web applications but also in APIs. They have been consistently part of the OWASP Top 10 Web Application Vulnerabilities. They were part of the original OWASP Top 10 API Security Risks published in 2019 and have now made it to the updated 2023 list. Security misconfiguration maintains its 7th rank in OWASP Top 10 API 2023RC owing to its widespread prevalence, easy exploitability, and easy detectability.

Salt Wins UK Trophy for Best Cybersecurity Solution!

We have smashing news to share! Salt Security has been named Cybersecurity Solution of the Year in the Prestigious National Technology Awards – our first award in the UK and a brilliant recognition! Organized by National Technology News, the National Technology Awards celebrate the pioneers of technology and encourage excellence, providing the most comprehensive celebration of technology of the year.