Cequence Security raises $60M to enhance its API security solutions

Cequence Security announced it has closed $60 million in Series C funding led by new investor Menlo Ventures. Additional participation comes from new investors ICON Ventures, Telstra Ventures and HarbourVest Partners. Existing investors Shasta Ventures… Continue reading Cequence Security raises $60M to enhance its API security solutions

Bots are lurking in your zombie and shadow APIs

By far this year’s biggest trend that we’ve observed in the land of APIs is that every organization has shadow and zombie APIs and they’re a much bigger issue than most people want to believe. Maybe they’re taking the “If I’ve never seen it, then it do… Continue reading Bots are lurking in your zombie and shadow APIs

Cequence Security expands its leadership team with two executive hires

Cequence Security announced it has expanded its leadership team with two new executive hires: Mischa Travers as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & General Counsel and Vishal Chauhan as Vice President of Customer Success. In his new role, Travers will … Continue reading Cequence Security expands its leadership team with two executive hires

Cequence Security API Sentinel 2.0 helps orgs strengthen their runtime API protections

Cequence Security announced the release of API Sentinel 2.0, adding powerful features that will help organizations strengthen their runtime API protections by “shielding the right” – a necessary step that is often minimized while impl… Continue reading Cequence Security API Sentinel 2.0 helps orgs strengthen their runtime API protections

Cequence Security Strengthens Runtime API Protections in API Sentinel

New features drive “shield right” protections while supporting “shift left” initiatives Sunnyvale, Calif., May 05, 2021 — Cequence Security, a leading API security vendor, announced today the release of API Sentinel 2.0, adding powerful features that w… Continue reading Cequence Security Strengthens Runtime API Protections in API Sentinel

Three immediate steps to take to protect your APIs from security risks

In one form or another, APIs have been around for years, bringing the benefits of ease of use, efficiency and flexibility to the developer community. The advantage of using APIs for mobile and web apps is that developers can build and deploy functional… Continue reading Three immediate steps to take to protect your APIs from security risks

Cequence API Sentinel: Discovering and analyzing all org’s APIs to detect and mitigate security risks

Cequence Security announced the general availability of Cequence API Sentinel, a runtime API security solution that delivers continuous run-time API visibility, shadow API discovery, risk analysis, and conformance assessment. With the addition of API S… Continue reading Cequence API Sentinel: Discovering and analyzing all org’s APIs to detect and mitigate security risks

Understanding cyber threats to APIs

This is the fourth of a series of articles that introduces and explains API security threats, challenges, and solutions for participants in software development, operations, and protection. Security issues for APIs The many benefits that APIs bring to … Continue reading Understanding cyber threats to APIs

Factors driving API growth in industry

This is third in a series of articles that introduces and explains application programming interfaces (API) security threats, challenges, and solutions for participants in software development, operations, and protection. Explosion of APIs The API expl… Continue reading Factors driving API growth in industry

Understanding the basics of API security

This is the first of a series of articles that introduces and explains application programming interfaces (API) security threats, challenges, and solutions for participants in software development, operations, and protection. Purpose of article series … Continue reading Understanding the basics of API security