Salt Security focuses on securing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which are essential for software applications to communicate. Their platform identifies and fixes vulnerabilities in APIs, blocks potential attackers, and helps businesses quickly understand and resolve security incidents. It also tracks all APIs, including those not in use, to ensure comprehensive security. Salt Security serves a variety of clients, from large Fortune 500 companies to innovative startups, and operates on a subscription model for its services. Additionally, Salt Labs, their dedicated research team, provides insights and findings to help clients strengthen their API security against cyber threats.

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Salt Security have announced the release of its new multi-layered OAuth protection package to detect attempts to exploit OAuth and proactively fix vulnerabilities.

Salt Security Enhances API Security Platform with OAuth Protection Package

Today, API security company Salt Security have announced the release of Pepper, an in-product assistant and, notably, an AI-powered knowledge-based assistant.

Salt Security Launches AI-Powered Assistant Pepper

Company highlighted for industry-leading innovation in API securityPALO ALTO, Calif., March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Salt Security , the leading API security company, today announced that it has been recognized as one of the hottest privately held cybersecurity companies by Citizens JMP, a prominent investment firm specializing in technology sectors. The annual report highlights the cybersecurity vendors who are finding market success and influencing the landscape, despite facing increased competition and economic uncertainty.Salt has been at the forefront of establishing the API security market and its inclusion in the Cyber 66 list is a testament to its rapid growth and leadership in the cybersecurity market, as well as its dedication to delivering the simplest, most comprehensive, and effective API security offering."Salt Security brings an exceptional approach to API security, especially as the cybersecurity market remains in a constant state of flux, with threat actors and their techniques becoming more and more complex," said report co-author Trevor Walsh, director of equity research at Citizens JMP. "Salt's comprehensive API Protection Platform stands out among its peers through its unique approach to addressing the critical security challenges faced by organizations today. We are excited to watch as Salt continues to flourish in the industry.""Salt is honored to be recognized by Citizens JMP as one of the hottest cybersecurity companies," said Michael Nicosia, co-founder and COO, Salt Security. "APIs sit at the core of today's modern applications, connecting enterprises to vital data and services. Given the amount of sensitive information being transmitted through APIs, along with the growing complexity of API attacks, strong API security has become critical for modern businesses

Salt Security Achieves Recognition On The Coveted Citizens Jmp Cyber 66 List Of Hottest Privately Held Cybersecurity Companies

Salt Security today added a posture governance engine to its platform for securing application programming interfaces (APIs) that makes it possible to define and enforce implementation standards.

Salt Security Adds Governance Engine to API Security Platform

Lightstone selects the Salt Security API Protection Platform to secure its rapidly expanding API platformPALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Salt Security , the leading API security company, recently announced that Lightstone, a trusted provider of property, automotive and asset data and insights services in South Africa, has chosen the Salt Security API Protection Platform to secure its rapidly expanding APIs ecosystem, which delivers all of the company's critical online data services to customers. Salt provides Lightstone the ability to defend its growing API attack surface with a purpose-built and AI-driven API security solution for API discovery, posture management, and threat protection in runtime.Employing a hybrid infrastructure, Lightstone has API endpoints distributed across both Microsoft Azure and AWS Cloud, as well as on-premises, spanning multiple data centers in South Africa. Using the Salt API security platform, Lightstone can:Continuously discover all APIs in its ecosystem, including zombie and shadow APIs, for a complete API inventoryUnderstand the information being carried across all APIs, to prevent accidental exposure of sensitive dataEasily apply API governance programs within their organizationPrevent data exfiltration and account fraud , protecting its customers' PII data, protecting its customers' PII data Capture insights learned in runtime to help developers harden the company's APIs"Because information and data insights represent the core of our business, security is paramount to us. With our increasing usage of APIs, we knew we needed to adopt a robust and purpose-built solution to protect our and our customers' critical data." said George Palmer, Group Technology Officer at Lightstone. "Salt gave us the deepest insights into our API infrastructure

Salt Security Selected To Secure Critical Online Data Of Leading Provider Of Property, Automotive And Asset Information In South Africa

Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. VentureBeat recently sat down (virtually) with Nir Valtman, CEO and co-founder of Arnica. Valtman’s extensive cybersecurity experience includes leading product and data security across Finastra, establishing and hardening security practices and posture management at Kabbage (acquired by Amex) as CISO, and heading application security across NCR. He is also serving on the advisory board of Salt Security.  Valtman’s reputation for being one of the most prolific innovators in the industry is also reflected in his many contributions to open-source projects and the invention of seven patents in software security. He is also a frequent speaker at the industry’s leading cybersecurity events, including Blackhat, DEF CON, BSides, and RSA.Under Valtman’s leadership, Arnica defines the next generation of developer-focused application security tools, techniques and technologies.The following is an excerpt from VentureBeat’s interview with Nir Valtman:VentureBeat: How do you envision the role of generative AI in cybersecurity evolving over the next 3-5 years?

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MIAMI-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Global API solutions leader Sensedia announced a new partnership with Salt Security, a leading API security and posture governance company.

Sensedia and Salt Security Partner to Expand API Security with Real-Time Traffic Collection

To tackle these challenges, Salt Security, a leader in API security, has partnered with Dazz, an application security posture management expert.

Salt Security and Dazz: A Powerful Partnership for API Security

Additionally, Salt Security has added a Salt Posture Governance Policy Hub through which controls can be enforced across the application lifecycle, including now in the design phase of an API.

Salt Security Extends Scope of API Security Platform

Salt-Labs researchers uncover security issues that may have allowed attackers to leverage a vulnerability commonly believed to be obsolete.PALO ALTO, Calif., July 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Salt Security , the leading API security company, today released new threat research from Salt-Labs , highlighting critical security flaws within popular web analytics provider Hotjar and a renowned global news outlet - highlighting elevated risk for enterprises. Hotjar is a leading solution for product teams who want to go beyond traditional web and product analytics so they can empathize with and understand their users—to connect the dots between what's happening and why it happens, so they can improve the user experience (UX) and create customer delight. The company serves over one million websites, including global brands. These vulnerabilities could have potentially allowed an attacker unlimited access to sensitive data sets within these services, affecting millions of users and organizations worldwide.These findings are not exclusive to these services but highlight a bigger issue that likely exists within similar ecosystems.The resurrection of an age-old security issueCross-site scripting (commonly known as XSS) is a security issue that has existed since the early days of the World Wide Web. It has since been analyzed and mitigated in many layers using countless techniques, ultimately reducing its overall security risk to a minimal level. However, the emergence of new technologies can cause a major ecosystem change, which introduces new opportunities for attackers to leverage historical flaws such as XSS and escalate security risk significantly.Recent Salt-Labs research demonstrates exactly this point, notably when combining XSS and recently popularized technology known as OAuth

Salt Security Discovers Security Flaws In Hotjar, Potentially Affecting Sensitive Data Of Millions Utilizing Major Global Brands - Issues Have Been Remediated

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