API Security in Healthcare
This short video highlights the "State of API Security for the Healthcare Sector" report and emphasizes the growing importance of APIs for success and the challenges in protecting them.
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Awards Season Never Stops at Salt!
We’re entering a new season of fall, but here at Salt, it seems like it’s always awards season! We continue to receive accolades for the Salt Security API Protection Platform – all year round! This time we have been honored with the “Best API Security” award in the 2023 API Awards.
Strengthening our CrowdStrike Bond with Falcon Integration
It’s been just about a year since we first announced our partnership with CrowdStrike. We are delighted to share today that we’ve further strengthened that partnership with the new “better-together” story of Salt and the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform.
Understanding API Attacks: Why they are different and how to stop them
API attacks aren’t like traditional application attacks. Understanding those differences is crucial to protecting the valuable data and services your APIs enable. Nick Rago, Salt Security Field CTO, discusses in this webinar: We hope you enjoy the webinar on the changing nature of API attacks and learn the best practices to keep your organization safe.
In the Alleys of Black Hat and DEF CON 2023: The Quiet API Security Crisis
The neon lights of Black Hat and DEF CON, with their flashing demos and groundbreaking presentations, often dazzle attendees and cyber enthusiasts alike. From AI-driven hacking tools to quantum encryption, the subjects covered span a vast spectrum. However, as with any vibrant city, these include areas of risk and concern. For Black Hat 2023 events, APIs are core to these areas.
Salt Wins Prestigious SC Magazine Award - "Best API Security Solution"
It never gets old! We’re excited to share that Salt has won yet another award — our 15th award this year! This time, we have been named the “Best API Security Solution” in the renowned 2023 SC Awards. The SC Awards are cybersecurity’s most prestigious and competitive honor. The premier recognition program honors outstanding innovations, organizations and leaders that are advancing the practice of information security.
What Can be Learned from the JumpCloud Security Incident
In an ideal world, security incidents result in minimal damage, and we can learn from them to improve our future defenses. Fortunately, such appears to be the case with JumpCloud. According to JumpCloud’s blog post, its recent security incident impacted fewer than 5 JumpCloud customers and fewer than 10 devices. Moreover, working together with their incident response (IR) partner Crowdstrike (also a Salt Security partner), JumpCloud has mitigated the attack vector used by the threat actor.
State of API Security for Financial Services and Insurance
As financial services and insurance organizations have increasingly turned to APIs to accelerate business innovation, attackers have also changed their tactics, making APIs their prime target. This short video discusses findings from the first industry-specific version of the State of API Security report and draws on a combination of survey responses and empirical data from the Salt Cloud. Key trends revealed by the survey include.
Understanding API Attacks: Why Are They Different and How to Prevent API Attacks
Salt has just released a new resource for business and security leaders – “Understanding API Attacks: Why Are They Different and How Can You Stop Them.” Salt undertook writing this eBook as part of our ongoing commitment to educate the market about API security issues and trends. In this new eBook, we take a close look at how API attacks differ from traditional attacks, and the measures organizations can take to protect against them.
State of API Security: Financial Services and Insurance
API security is a pressing concern for industries undergoing digital transformation, and none more so than financial services and insurance.