Summary
This solution brief outlines the Imperva API Security solution, which provides comprehensive protection for API landscapes. It details a three-step approach consisting of discovery, risk assessment, and mitigation to enhance API security. The discovery phase includes automated API identification and data classification, ensuring a complete inventory of critical endpoints. The risk assessment phase focuses on identifying vulnerabilities aligned with the OWASP API Security Top 10 threats and evaluating security posture insights. The mitigation phase emphasizes proactive threat prevention through static and runtime mitigations. Key benefits of the solution include unified security across the API ecosystem, fast and flexible deployment options, high granularity and accuracy in threat detection, multi-protocol support, and robust penetration testing. The solution is designed for various environments, including public, private, and hybrid, ensuring adaptability to meet unique infrastructure needs. Additionally, it features a unified dashboard for managing API security, providing visibility into both internal and external APIs.
