Solutions · Data security Know where sensitive data flows, and who is reaching it.
APIs are the new data perimeter, and agents now move data through them at machine speed. Salt classifies sensitive data in live API and agentic traffic, flags exposure that DSPM tools miss, and enforces policy at the point of access.
“Salt Security provides comprehensive API visibility and runtime protection, helping us uncover shadow APIs we didn’t know existed.”
Salt customer · via Gartner Peer Insights
The challenge
Your data security stops where APIs begin.
DSPM shows where data rests. It cannot see which APIs, MCP tools and agents read it, or how much.
01 Sensitive data in unexpected places
PII, PHI and payment data surface in responses nobody documented.
02 Agents move data at scale
One over-scoped tool call can export a whole table, with valid credentials.
03 Regulators ask where data goes
PCI, HIPAA and GDPR need proof of how regulated data flows, not only where it lives.
The shift
Stop guarding only the database. Watch the data in motion.
How Salt solves it
From discovery to enforcement.
Step 01 · Salt Collect Find sensitive data in motion
Salt classifies the data in live API and agentic traffic, so you know which calls carry what.
- PII, PHI and PCI
- Credentials and secrets
- High-value business data
Step 02 · Salt Connect Map who reaches it
See which APIs, agents and MCP tools touch regulated data, and which do it without authentication
- Agent and user access
- Unauthenticated or public endpoints
- Over-scoped tools
Step 03 · Salt Protect Enforce and integrate
Flag and block misuse at the point of access, and send findings into the data security tools you already run.
- Policy at the point of access
- DLP, DSPM and SIEM
- Tickets in ServiceNow and Jira
The modules behind it
Built on the Agentic Security Platform.
Salt gives you breadth across every agent, MCP server and API, and depth across exposure, source code, configuration and runtime behavior. This solution brings together Salt Connect, Salt Collect and Salt Protect.
By role
What it means for your team.
For AppSec and DevSecOps Build securely, find what was missed
- Map exposure by endpoint, method and field
- Validate encryption and transport protection
- Fix data exposure before release
For SOC Detect and stop abuse with context
- Alert on bulk exports by agents
- Trace data paths during an investigation
- Enrich DLP and SIEM with API context
For GRC and compliance Prove control, stay audit-ready
- Generate proof-of-coverage reports
- Map which APIs touch regulated data stores
- Show PCI, HIPAA and GDPR data flows
Go deeper · CISO brief
APIs and agents are the new data perimeter
A short read for the team evaluating this problem.
Get the CISO brief
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about API data security.
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