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Introducing GitHub Insights, Latest Solution

to Combat Growing Threat to APIs

By Scott Gerlach, CSO - StackHawk

The accelerated demand for software applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) across
industries has caused organizations’ attack surfaces to become larger than ever before. Most modern
organizations continue to struggle with sustaining adequate visibility over their key software components.
It's no secret that the constant influx of new APIs, combined with the responsibility of maintaining security
coverage for existing ones, is straining AppSec teams and leaving APIs susceptible to potential risks. In
fact, a recent Salt Security study found that 4,845 attackers targeted APIs in December 2022 alone,
resulting in a 400% increase compared to earlier in the same year, and 94% of respondents had
experienced some security issue with their production APIs. These alarming numbers are likely because
a mere 12% of respondents deploy ‘advanced API security strategies’ and 30% admitted that they lack
an API security strategy of any level. To address these common and emerging pain points in the industry
Stackhawk, an API security testing company, recently introduced GitHub Insights to offer developers and
security teams modernized API security with enhanced visibility and full control of an organization’s attack
surface.

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