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During our various customer interactions, we often discuss how Appsentinels solution is different compared to a Web Applicaton Firewall (WAF) in protecting against API's attack. The core difference is that Appsentinels API Security Platform knows the context of what is it protecting while unfortunately WAF's don't. Let me explain why I am saying this and why this is important.

In the digital age, business leaders see software teams as core to the business and are demanding them to innovate faster in response to market and competitive demands. Organizations are on path of fast iteration - experimenting with new products or features, gauge customer feedback, adopt or drop and move to the next thing. The pace of change is not an option but existential for organizations. Organizations that can adapt will gain market shares and organizations that cannot, will cease to exist.

In 2019, OWASP released first version of API Security Top 10. Like the omnipresent OWASP Top 10, the API Security Top 10 delivers a prioritized list of the most critical application security issues with a focus on the APIs. In this whitepaper, we would like to share an overview of the API top 10 with comparisons to the OWASP top 10 for web applications and break any false sense of security by seeing similarities in the list.

During our various customer interactions, customers using Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) or Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) often ask how AppSentinels solution is different compared to their existing tool: The core difference is AppSentinels API Security Platform understands the context of the Application it is protecting while DAST/IAST products unfortunately don't. Let me explain why I am saying this and why this is important.

Businesses operating within the EU must prepare to comply with the stringent requirements of NIS2. Failure to do so could result in significant penalties, highlighting the urgency for organisations to act swiftly. NIS2 introduces new requirements in areas such as risk management, corporate accountability, reporting obligations, and business continuity.

In today's connected world, there's no shortage of entry points into financial institutions. From online banking websites to mobile apps, these crucial parts of a business are also easy targets. Taking a proactive approach to protect your customers' assets and your brand is the answer, but where do you start?

Your business is your castle. Once upon a time, you could keep it safe by constructing strong walls, posting a few guards at the door, raising the drawbridge, and digging a deep moat around it. That's now the stuff of fairy tales. Today's networks simply can't be locked down due to the nature of business itself. The perimeter that was once contained to a single building now spreads as far as your furthest third-party connection or remote employee. And while your business benefits from this greater flexibility and increased operational efficiency, so do the cybercriminals.

When it comes to designing or improving upon your organization's security program, one key area to focus on and include is cyber resilience. Either as a complementary stand-alone program or embedded into an existing cyber defense program, cyber resilience refers to a company's ability to continue business operations and outcomes in spite of cyber attacks or events.