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Time is of the Essence: Shrinking MTTR in API Security

Aug 14, 2024 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, every second counts. When an API attack occurs, the speed at which your security team can detect, understand, and respond to the threat can mean the difference between a minor incident and a major data breach. This is where Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR) comes into play. MTTR is a key performance indicator (KPI) that measures the average time it takes to resolve a security incident, from the moment it's detected to the point where it's fully mitigated.
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How Attackers Use APIs to Disguise Bots as Games Consoles

Aug 13, 2024 By Alex McConnell In Netacea
Attackers and bot authors are continually evolving their methods, shifting their focus beyond just websites. With websites often having a reasonable level of protection, malicious actors are increasingly targeting less-protected areas, namely APIs, with their bots. This blog post delves into the evolving threat landscape. We’ll focus on how attackers exploit APIs and IoT devices to launch attacks like credential stuffing, using streaming services as a prime example.
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Gartner Insights: Navigating the Evolving API Protection Market and Taking Action

Aug 13, 2024 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
Securing your API ecosystem is increasingly complex, leaving organizations unsure where to begin. Gartner's 2024 Market Guide for API Protection offers clear guidance: Understanding your API attack surface and prioritizing your security efforts is crucial. Once you have visibility into your API landscape, you can implement appropriate security measures to protect your APIs from abuse and access violations.
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API Security Testing on Free Swagger collection

Aug 13, 2024 By VISTA InfoSec In VISTA InfoSec
API security is a critical aspect of modern web applications, ensuring that your APIs are robust and secure from potential threats. In our latest video, we dive into API security testing using a free Swagger collection. Swagger, an open-source framework, allows developers to design, build, document, and test their APIs with ease. By leveraging Swagger collections, you can perform comprehensive security testing to identify vulnerabilities such as injection flaws, data exposure, and improper authentication. This proactive approach helps in mitigating risks and protecting your API endpoints from malicious attacks.
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Exploring the dynamic landscape of cybersecurity threats

Aug 9, 2024 By Chen Gafson In Salt Security
Hello, My name is Chen, and I work as a threat intelligence analyst at Salt Security. Every day, I dive into the complex world of cybersecurity, uncovering the hidden threats that hide in our digital lives. Today, I'd like to take you on a journey through the evolving landscape of API threats. APIs are the quiet helpers of the digital world, allowing software applications to communicate easily with each other.
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Beyond the Noise: Achieving Accurate API Inventory with AI

Aug 7, 2024 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
The prevalence of APIs in today's digital environment is undeniable. They are crucial for modern applications, enabling seamless communication and data exchange between different software components. The rise of AI and machine learning has further accelerated API adoption, not only for accessing data and resources but also for rapid API development and deployment.
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Salt Security Continues to Innovate as Leader in API Security

Aug 6, 2024 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
The API security landscape is changing rapidly, and cybercriminals are becoming increasingly sophisticated. According to the Salt Labs State of API Security Report 2024, API security incidents have more than doubled in the past 12 months, while API usage is rapidly increasing. Organizations are finding it challenging to keep up with the threats associated with expanding API ecosystems and fully understand their complex behavioral attributes.
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The Importance of API Security Governance in a Dynamic Threat Landscape

Aug 6, 2024 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
As noted in the 2024 Gartner Market Guide for API Protection“API security governance is an emerging capability. It allows the administrator of the tool to define and enforce security policies. Unlike posture management, this is a top-down enforcement. It also allows for compliance reports for specific regulations to be generated automatically.” This capability is becoming increasingly important as organizations face a constantly evolving threat landscape.
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What is API Security Testing & How to Perform It? A Detailed Guide

Aug 3, 2024 By Ananda Krishna In Astra
What is API Security Testing? API security testing is a process of carefully evaluating API endpoints to identify and remediate vulnerabilities such as fuzzy input, parameter tampering, or injection attacks. Acting as the first line of defense, it meticulously examines endpoints to identify and neutralize vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them.
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High-Fidelity Alerts: The Key to Effective API Security

Jul 31, 2024 By Eric Schwake In Salt Security
APIs are essential for modern applications as they enable seamless communication and data exchange, serving as the foundation of these applications. However, their interconnected nature makes them vulnerable to various threats. The high volume of API calls - ranging from millions to billions every month - poses a challenge in distinguishing between genuine attacks and harmless irregularities.
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