Future-gazing: How API Security Will Evolve in 2025
Who doesn’t love a little glimpse into the future? For cybersecurity—and more specifically, API security - gazing into the magic crystal ball may not strictly be necessary. But there are definite trends that will evolve for 2025 and make API security even more of an imperative for modern businesses. Here ... Read More
Zombie APIs: The Undead Threat to Your Security
Zombie APIs, sometimes called “orphaned” or “forgotten” APIs, refer to endpoints that were initially deployed for a specific purpose but are no longer actively used or maintained. These APIs are often left operational within an organization’s infrastructure due to oversight or incomplete decommissioning processes. Despite their inactivity, zombie APIs can ... Read More
API Security is Not a Problem You Can Solve at the Edge
In today’s interconnected digital ecosystems, traditional security mechanisms like Web Application Firewalls (WAFs), API gateways, and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) act as enforcement points. Think of them as bouncers at the entrance of a high-profile nightclub—they decide who gets in and who doesn’t. However, relying solely on these edge solutions ... Read More
It’s 2024 and the API Breaches Keep Coming
APIs are built expressly to share a company’s most valuable data and services. This makes them a lucrative target for bad actors. We’ve already hit the tipping point — APIs are now THE way in. Salt Security’s 2024 State of API Security Report revealed that the count of APIs is ... Read More
Enabling GenAI with AI-infused API Security
GenAI has the promise to transform companies, and introduce a lot of security risk.One of the main benefits of GenAI relates to the modernization of apps. Most companies are going through some type of app modernization. They are responding to the market by delivering better and better experiences to their ... Read More
90 Days of Learning, Good Surprises and Extreme Optimism
January is often a time for reflection, and setting goals and aspirations for the months and the year ahead. It’s actually my favorite time of the year. For me, this January is especially significant as it marks the end of my first 90 days as Chief Marketing Officer at Salt ... Read More
The Debut of the Industry-First API Security Posture Management Engine
Today, we’re thrilled to share that Salt has launched extended capabilities to our powerful platform, adding yet another industry-first technical advancement to our trophy case! (full announcement here.) Since its founding, Salt’s been on a mission to create a platform that can detect, prioritize and solve the most complex API ... Read More
