The Importance of API Security Governance in a Dynamic Threat Landscape
As noted in the 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for API Protection“API security governance is an emerging capability. It allows the administrator of the tool to define and enforce security policies. Unlike posture management, this is a top-down enforcement. It also allows for compliance reports for specific regulations to be generated automatically.” This capability is becoming increasingly important as organizations face a constantly evolving threat landscape.
API security governance involves a structured approach to managing API security risks. It includes defining and enforcing security policies, standards, and procedures throughout the entire API lifecycle, from design and development to deployment and maintenance. Implementing a robust API security governance framework helps organizations ensure that their APIs are designed, developed, and deployed with security as a priority.
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Download ReportAPI security governance offers several key benefits. It helps organizations proactively identify and mitigate API security risks by establishing clear security policies and procedures, reducing the likelihood of vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in their APIs. This, in turn, helps prevent API breaches and protects sensitive data.
Another important aspect of API security governance is its ability to automatically generate compliance reports for specific regulations or provide other forms of visibility into compliance risks. This is increasingly important as organizations face growing regulatory requirements related to data privacy and security. API security governance can help organizations demonstrate compliance with these regulations and avoid costly penalties.
Salt Security's API Protection Platform supports API security governance by offering a central platform for managing API security policies and procedures. Our platform allows you to define and enforce security policies across your entire API ecosystem, ensuring that your APIs are protected from the latest threats. We also offer automated and actionable governance visibility to assist you in meeting regulatory requirements. With Salt Security, you can establish a strong API security governance framework to safeguard your APIs and sensitive data.
If you would like to learn more about Salt and how we can help you on your API Security journey through discovery, posture management and run time threat protection, please contact us, schedule a demo, or check out our website.
*Gartner, Market Guide for API Protection, Dionisio Zumerle, Aaron Lord, et al., 29 May 2024 GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.
