Matt Keil

Cequence Security

It is somewhat apt that October is cybersecurity awareness month, given the spooky nature of Halloween and the actions of malicious actors hiding in the shadows. We asked some of our team members battling ATO attacks for our customers for tips they might provide friends and loved ones. Here are ... Read More

According to Gartner, there are as many as 40 vendors in the (fragmented) API security space. Many take the approach of targeting development with new variations of testing tools or ways to fix/augment shift left efforts. API Sentinel takes a different approach, beginning on the “right” with complete visibility of ... Read More

History repeats itself. Today we can apply that statement to the explosive use of APIs and the emergence of API scanning and testing tools by looking back at the early days of web applications and the related testing tools. Early-era web apps were immediately targeted by threat actors. Manual security ... Read More

Long before the clock ticks past midnight into the morning hours of Black Friday, excited shoppers are eagerly preparing to hit the pavement and the websites of their favorite retailers. Using ecommerce applications for retailers across the globe, everyone is scoping out potential buys in the hopes of finding those ... Read More

We recently wrapped up our fiscal year and while it was a challenging year in many respects, our business thrived. Even though we had instituted weekly (virtual) company all-hands to keep everyone abreast of the business (and connected), we had not realized the range of milestones achieved until we looked ... Read More

Retailers, shoppers and threat actors alike are preparing for the big day: Amazon Prime Day, when there are retail sales opportunities to be had as retailers run their own sale event to compete with, or leverage the public visibility of the day. There will be deals and (figuratively speaking) there ... Read More

Whether they are participating in it or competing against it, retailers worldwide are preparing for Amazon Prime Day. No doubt threat actors are doing the same, choosing their targets, assembling the tools and infrastructure to execute their automated shopping bot attacks. Threat actors have taken note of the money to ... Read More

In this week’s blog, we will talk about two recent customer scenarios where the value of our no JavaScript or SDK approach became evident in minutes: when customers needed to prevent an attack on a new application. As a reminder, Cequence uncovers malicious transactions hiding in plain sight with CQAI, ... Read More

The seemingly weekly announcement of new API security offerings highlights the importance of protecting your APIs from security gaps that can lead to fraud and data loss. The wide range of offerings is confusing, even for those of us in the space! Where should you begin? Most security professionals would ... Read More

The seemingly weekly announcement of new API security offerings highlights the importance of protecting your APIs from security gaps that can lead to fraud and data loss. The wide range of offerings is confusing, even for those of us in the space! Where should you begin? Most security professionals would ... Read More