Unified API Protection for Enhanced Security

This case study details the implementation of Unified API Protection (UAP) by Cequence Security in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to enhance API security for organizations. It outlines the challenges faced by Ulta Beauty, which included high-volume API scraping attacks that could lead to inventory theft. The document explains how Cequence's platform provided visibility into API traffic and allowed for the establishment of policies to block malicious requests while permitting legitimate traffic. The results demonstrated significant savings in infrastructure costs and loss prevention, with Ulta Beauty blocking tens of millions of malicious requests. The case study emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive security approach, integrating discovery, compliance, and protection across APIs to defend against various types of attacks and abuse. It also highlights the scalability of Cequence solutions, which cater to large organizations, securing billions of API calls daily.