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The document emphasizes the importance of securing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) due to their vulnerability to attacks, with 92% of organizations experiencing security incidents related to insecure APIs. It highlights challenges such as rogue APIs, misconfigurations, and lack of protection, urging organizations to adopt a comprehensive cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) for complete visibility and security. The document also suggests strategies for developing an end-to-end security approach and promotes Prisma Cloud as a solution for holistic application security.

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The document emphasizes the importance of securing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) due to their vulnerability to attacks, with 92% of organizations experiencing security incidents related to insecure APIs. It highlights challenges such as rogue APIs, misconfigurations, and lack of protection, urging organizations to adopt a comprehensive cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) for complete visibility and security. The document also suggests strategies for developing an end-to-end security approach and promotes Prisma Cloud as a solution for holistic application security.

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Secure Your Application

Programming Interfaces
(APIs)

You Can’t Protect What You Can’t See


Without visibility into APIs, it can be difficult to understand the risk they pose
and protect them from being abused. Did you know:

92% 9 of 10 75%
of organizations have top vulnerabilities on of organizations change
experienced one security incident internet-facing cloud hosts or update their APIs on a
related to insecure APIs in the belong to APIs.2 weekly basis.3
last 12 months.1

API Security Comes with Challenges


Behind nearly every app is an API because APIs are the roads and bridges that connect
applications. This, paired with the fact that unmanaged and unsecured APIs are easy targets
for attackers because they expose application logic, resources, and sensitive data — including
personally identifiable information (PII) — has made API security mission-critical.

ROGUE AND MISCONFIGURATIONS LACK OF


SHADOW APIs AND VULNERABILITIES PROTECTION
Dev teams are building and API risks due to misconfigurations, Most organizations don’t have security
modifying APIs. Meanwhile, logic flaws, and vulnerabilities leave controls for APIs in their environment
security teams don’t have applications and data exposed to to protect against the OWASP Top Ten.
visibility into all APIs, including attackers. Understanding which API API gateways are great for monitoring
shadow and rogue APIs. This endpoints require authentication, their usage but are unable to detect and
ever-changing environment expose sensitive data, or are block attacks. They can only see traffic
makes it challenging to monitor accessible by the internet is that is explicitly routed through the
all APIs in your environment. challenging to manage. gateway and don’t offer visibility into
internal traffic between apps.

1. Securing the API Attack Surface, Data Theorem, Inc. and Enterprise Strategy Group, May 1, 2023.
2. Cloud Threat Report, Volume 7, Unit 42, April 29, 2023.
3. Securing the API Attack Surface, May 1, 2023.

Continue reading to learn how your team can overcome these obstacles.
Acquire Complete Visibility
and Protection of Your APIs

Adding another tool to address API security would mean adding more cost
and confusion, too. What your team needs is complete discovery, risk
profiling, and real-time defense as part of a comprehensive cloud-native
application protection platform (CNAPP).

Develop an End-to-End Security Strategy for Your APIs


Here’s how to get started.

TIP 1 TIP 2 TIP 3


Take inventory of your entire Prioritize API risk based Enforce real-time protections
environment and eliminate on factors such as for attacks, including OWASP
blind spots caused by shadow, misconfiguration, sensitive Top 10, rate limiting, and
rogue, or zombie APIs. data, authentication, and bad bots.
access control.

The Prisma Cloud Difference


With API security delivered as part of our CNAPP, Prisma® Cloud offers holistic
application security with fewer tools. In addition to API security, we provide best-
in-class Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Cloud Workload Protection
(CWP), Code Security, and Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection to prevent
threats to the entire application stack, all delivered from a single pane of glass.

“Prisma Cloud provides us with the visibility and control to confidently


secure our cloud transformation. Beyond visibility, the integration of
features sets Prisma Cloud apart. It’s not ideal to manage five, ten or more
security tools. One consolidated tool is easier and far more cost-effective.”
Shakthi Priya Kathirvelu
Head of Information Security, Funding Societies

Prevent severe alerts from slipping through the cracks with Prisma Cloud.
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