HCLSoftware Launches API Security Solution

HCLSoftware launched HCL AppScan API Security, in partnership with Salt Security. This API security program enables organizations to effectively manage all their API assets and ensure they continue to deliver business value without introducing increased levels of risk.

"The growing dependence on APIs has made robust API security a boardroom-level concern for our customers, all of whom are looking to improve their security posture and safeguard their digital ecosystems," says Rajesh Iyer, EVP, HCLSoftware.

Key takeaways:

·       HCL AppScan API Security is designed to reduce security blind spots with an expert-trained, AI-infused discovery platform that finds and inventories all API assets, ensures corporate API standards in runtime and development, and integrates seamlessly with dynamic analysis to pinpoint and fix vulnerabilities. 

·        In the 2024 State of API Security report from Salt Security, 37% of the organizations surveyed reported having experienced an API-related security incident, twice that of the previous year. Just in the first six months of 2024, various news agencies have reported large-scale API-related attacks across numerous industries, including e-commerce sites.

·        HCL AppScan API Security ensures 100% coverage of the OWASP API Security Top 10 list and provides organizations with numerous capabilities for more robust API security, including reduce security blind spots with an expert-trained, AI-infused API discovery platform; discover and inventory all APIs; pinpoint sensitive data in transit and ensure compliance with relevant regulations; link APIs to owners and functions; gain insights into the security posture of your entire API landscape; ensure corporate API standards in runtime and development with the help of AI-based insights that assess and prioritize the riskiest API assets; adopt industry best practices using pre-built policy templates and an expansive API policy library; and integrate API-specific DAST vulnerability testing and improve accuracy with up-to-date specs, business logic, and API configuration data

"One of the key capabilities of HCL AppScan API Security is its ability to continuously discover and record an organization's entire API inventory." says Colin Bell, CTO for HCL AppScan. "This allows security teams to gain insights into their overall security posture."