Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

June 2023

The State of the CISO 2023: Navigating Security Challenges Resulting from Today's Digital-first Economy

Salt is thrilled to share the findings from the just-released “State of the CISO 2023” report! We wanted to hear directly from CISOs/CSOs around the world about how digital transformation is impacting their role and understand the biggest challenges – both personal and professional – they’re contending with as a result.

Salt: Securing your innovation

Salt Security protects the APIs that form the core of every modern application. Its patented API Protection Platform is the only API security solution that combines the power of cloud-scale big data and time-tested ML/AI to detect and prevent API attacks. By correlating activities across millions of APIs and users over time, Salt delivers deep context with real-time analysis and continuous insights for API discovery, attack prevention, and shift-left practices.

What you need to know about the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top 10

The 2023 OWASP API Security Top 10 list compiles and explains the most recent and pressing security threats facing today’s complex API ecosystem. As part of the committee that defined this industry-framing list, Salt gives you an insider view into the categories and how those embarking on their API security journey can most effectively address the critical vulnerabilities raised.

CVE-2023-34362 - Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovered in MOVEit Transfer is Exploited in the Wild by Cl0p Ransomeware - Here's What you Need to Know

On May 29, 2023, a critical security vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-34362, was published, leaving users of MOVEit Transfer software at high risk. According to Progress, organizations have reported possible exploitation in the wild. Therefore it’s crucial that any business using MOVEit Transfer to take immediate action, especially since all versions of this popular file transfer software are affected by this vulnerability.

Salt Announces Bi-directional Integration with Wiz!

We have exciting news to share! Salt Security is building a bi-directional integration with the Wiz cloud security platform! With this announcement, Salt becomes the first API security vendor to build a two-way integration with Wiz, giving Wiz customers the deepest and most actionable insights into API behaviors – all within Wiz’s comprehensive cloud security platform.

OWASP API Security Top 10 2023 Explained

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a non-profit foundation devoted to web application security. One of OWASP's guiding principles is that all of their resources should be freely available and simple to find on their website, enabling anyone to increase the security of their own web applications. They provide forums, tools, videos, and documentation among other things.

Better Together: Stopping API Attacks with Salt and AWS WAF

APIs power today’s digital economy and enable organizations to succeed in their business innovation efforts. Because every company’s APIs are unique, so are its security gaps, which bad actors will inevitably try to exploit. Only through rich context and deep behavioral analysis can these attackers be stopped. Many of the APIs that enable today’s applications and business services live and breathe within the Amazon Web Service (AWS) ecosystem.