API adoption is the foundation of application design and interoperability, it’s also giving attackers significantly more opportunity to create substantial hurdles for security teams. Businesses must find new and innovative tools to safeguard their applications that rely on organic and third-party APIs for today’s evolving threat landscape.
To address the complex challenges of API security, we’re proud to announce our new partnership with Cequence Security to deliver advanced, holistic API protection by combining Vercara’s network and application protections with Cequence’s innovative Unified API Protection (UAP) platform.
API security’s biggest challenges?
Those who lack API protections open themselves up to a variety of risks including fraud, data loss, and business disruption across web and mobile applications, and managing these risks is no easy feat.
Security teams face several obstacles when it comes to protecting their critical APIs and applications from cyber attacks. The most common challenge they face is the speed at which API-based applications are developed and deployed across diverse cloud providers. Unmanaged and unprotected in nature, APIs often can contain critical vulnerabilities, leaving organizations open to advanced threats. Additionally, the lack of a clear and consistent security posture across the application footprint makes it difficult to pinpoint security risks and delays remediation time.
Furthermore, the risk of compromise is not limited to external APIs. Internal APIs are often overlooked and are vulnerable access points to sensitive data. This means the focus for security must include all assets accessible through APIs – even those not intended for public exposure.
At Vercara, our dedication to protecting our customers’ online presence requires us to keep pace with the constantly changing cybersecurity landscape. Through our partnership with Cequence, we’re excited to further our best-in-class services with the addition of their innovative API security stack.
So, how exactly does our collaboration help to resolve the persistent challenges of API security?
Simplifying API security for businesses.
To successfully navigate the complexities of API security, businesses require a solution that offers advanced, holistic API protection.
Cequence’s UAP platform is the only security offering to address all phases of the API protection lifecycle, including discovery of entire API attack surfaces, elimination of unknown and unmitigated API
security risks, and protection of APIs from cyberattacks. By combining Cequence’s UAP platform with our UltraWAF and UltraDDoS Protect services, our partnership provides businesses with the flexibility to securely scale applications wherever they’re hosted. This partnership also enables access to our 24x7x365 security operations team comprised of highly skilled cybersecurity professionals, offering real-time, industry-recognized support.
Arun Gowda, VP of Business Development at Cequence Security shared: “By combining our cutting-edge UAP platform with Vercara’s unparalleled network and application expertise, businesses can confidently deploy applications with ease of mind knowing that any of their assets accessible through APIs are protected.”
To learn more about how your business can protect APIs from fraud, data loss, and business disruption across applications head to our API Security Solution page.
