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Today’s challenges
in API security

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Traditional approaches to secure APIs are broken

Protecting APIs with gateways and WAFs creates a false sense of security. These API security approaches cannot keep up with the pace of changing environments such as cloud, containers and microservices. Instead, the growing complexity requires a continuous API security testing approach and real-time feedback.

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You cannot protect what you cannot see

The current API security approach lacks visibility and accuracy, depending entirely on manual API security testing that needs to be run by experts to triage and interpret the results. The lack of visibility of the attack surface area leaves security teams unaware of the impact of breaches.

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APIs with security vulnerabilities go into production

Without API security testing, inefficient development cycles fail to prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities that cyberattacks can exploit. Many false positives and a growing list of vulnerabilities create a daunting backlog of cyber debt.

 

 

 

Integrated modern API
security platform

Know your APIs

Complete runtime inventory of APIs. Ensure an up-to-date inventory of APIs that are relevant, in development and exposed.

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Write secure code

Conduct runtime analysis during functional testing. Remediate as you code. As you test more routes, you'll discover and secure additional APIs.

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Secure the supply chain

Find known vulnerabilities in active third-party libraries, frameworks and services. Easily remediate known vulnerabilities without the need for expertise.

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Protect production

Identify probes and attacks on both known and unknown vulnerabilities and prevent exploits with Contrast API security.

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Build APIs
that are secure

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ADOPT A SHIFT LEFT, SHIELD RIGHT STRATEGY

Adopt a shift left strategy to remediate vulnerabilities from DAY ONE while shielding right against vulnerabilities and zero-day attacks without the need for tuning or reconfiguration.

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Understand your APIs

Understand every aspect of your APIs from building code to production and protect against all known and unknown vulnerability attacks in every environment.

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Bridge the CI/CD gap

Reduce timelines and improve efficiencies to remediate APIs with visualizations of data flows, remediation guidance and insights to map the surface attack area.

 

API security challenges have emerged as a top concern for most software engineering leaders, as unmanaged and unsecured APIs create vulnerabilities that could accelerate multimillion-dollar security incidents.

Gartner®, “Predicts 2022: APIs Demand Improved Security and Management,” Shameen Pillai, et al., published Dec. 6, 2021. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.
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Blog: Building a Modern API Security Strategy: A Five-Part Series — Overview

By Jeff Williams, Contrast Co-Founder & CTO

In this series, we’ll dive into one each week — starting next week — to show how a modern, integrated API security platform manages to accomplish what traditional API or application security can’t do: namely, to secure APIs from the inside out.

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Webinar: The Future of API Security

On-Demand Webinar Recording

Watch this webinar recording with Contrast and ESG as they discuss what the future of API security holds for enterprises

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How to Secure APIs at DevOps Speed

eBook

This eBook shows how an instrumentation-based approach to security—protection that is built into the application itself—can help automatically detect and protect API vulnerabilities, simplify deployment, scale to accommodate growing DevOps volumes, and enhance ongoing management processes.

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FASTER

Monitor and scan all your applications in one platform at lightning speeds.

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FASTER TIME TO REMEDIATE

Find and fix critical vulnerabilities in your code.

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MORE ACCURATE RESULTS

Identify vulnerabilities with fewer false positives.

See Contrast API Security in action

Experience a level of security that only Contrast API security testing can provide. Never worry about API security again.