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APIs have quietly become the new first point of failure. They run the workflows your customers see, as well as the ones they never do. Every transaction, every authentication, every AI-driven feature is stitched together through APIs. That same interconnection has made them one of the most consistently underprotected parts of modern infrastructure. The numbers show the shift.

APIs are now the beating heart of digital infrastructure. But as they have risen in importance, they’ve also become prime targets for attackers. Complex, often poorly understood API behaviors present rich opportunities for exploitation, and too often, security teams are left scrambling to protect critical infrastructure with outdated tools or cumbersome deployments. Wallarm’s Security Edge is the answer to this problem.

In our previous post, we highlighted a key insight from the 2025 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass: securing AI depends on securing APIs first. The report emphasizes that as AI use grows, the attack surface for APIs becomes more complex and risky. With many solutions available, navigating vendor claims can be challenging, making independent expert analysis extremely valuable.

API security has never been more crucial. Vulnerabilities are growing in volume and severity. AI integrations are a burgeoning attack vector. Increasing GraphQL adoption presents hidden dangers. To protect your organization, you must secure your APIs. Keep reading for our key takeaways from the Wallarm Q2 2025 API ThreatStats report – and find out what you need to do to protect yourself.

Manual ticketing slows response time and invites errors. Forward Networks simplifies this by detecting drift, anomalies, or changes—and automatically creating ServiceNow incidents based on verified data. Incidents are enriched with hostname, config diff, device roles, and severity, saving time and ensuring accuracy. Implementing change management for network modifications has multiple benefits.

Imagine you just got a new car with a feature that automatically adjusts the air conditioning based on live weather forecasts. To activate it, you need to connect the car to an external weather service. You could take it to the garage, pay someone to configure it, and wait for the job to be done. Or, you could use a built-in assistant that asks you two simple questions and shows you how to set everything up in minutes. That’s the idea behind Cato’s new API Assistant.

Over the last year, I’ve spent countless hours with CISOs, CTOs, and security architects talking about a new wave of technology that’s changing the game faster than anything we’ve seen before: Agentic AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. If you think AI is still in the “cool demos and pilot projects” stage, think again. We’re already seeing autonomous agents reasoning, remembering, and taking actions in live production environments.