Companies join forces to enhance API security
and compliance solutions in Australian Market
Cequence, a pioneer in API security and bot management, today
announced a new partnership with Singularity Tech, a leading
Australia-based professional services company providing
unparalleled expertise in APIs and DevOps. This collaboration
delivers a comprehensive solution that empowers organisations to
conquer challenges associated with leveraging an ever-increasing
number of applications to drive our organisations forward. Handling
API sprawl, navigating compliance complexities, and seamlessly
bridging the gap between critical security needs and available
technical resources is no small feat.
Today, many organisations lack awareness of the
interconnectedness between API security and overall cybersecurity
risks. This knowledge gap exposes them to vulnerabilities from
uncontrolled APIs and hinders regulatory compliance, especially for
highly regulated fields such as critical infrastructure. According
to the Annual Cyber Threat Report from the Australian Signals
Directorate, Australia saw a 50% increase in cyber security
incidents related to critical infrastructure in 2023.
Today’s partnership brings together Singularity's unmatched
expertise and Cequence's industry-leading Unified API Protection
(UAP) platform empowering clients to confidently navigate the
complexities of API discovery, risk assessment, governance, and
threat protection. The new partnership enables clients to leverage
market-leading tools, industry experts, and rigorous processes for
reliable delivery of a complete and continuous API lifecycle
management solution. The six stages of the Continuous API
Protection lifecycle that every organisation should adopt to
securely protect their APIs are:
1) Discovery: Continuous evaluation of an organisation’s
API attack surface and discovering unknown or shadow APIs
implemented without security oversight.
2) Inventory: Compilation of Discovered endpoints, and
both managed and unmanaged APIs, providing security teams and
analysts with a single cohesive view of their enterprise's API
Inventory.
3) Compliance: Ensure that your APIs are compliant with
the organisation’s security policy and industry best practices that
include data governance, access control, API specification
conformance, and visibility into where your API map relative to the
OWASP API Security Top 10.
4) Detection: Detect real-time API threats that target
applications without the need for mobile SDK, JavaScript, or app
instrumentation, allowing new APIs to be onboarded within minutes
rather than days or weeks.
5) Prevention: Provide real-time inline prevention and
mitigation of API attacks that target mission-critical
applications.
6) Testing: Evaluate APIs for conformance, risks, and
sensitive data exposure before pushing to production.
"Cequence is laser-focused on empowering organisations with the
most robust API security solutions, and this partnership with
Singularity perfectly aligns with our mission,” said Glen Maloney,
ANZ Country Lead at Cequence. “This partnership is more critical
than ever for the Australian market, where a defined critical
infrastructure landscape and stricter compliance requirements
necessitate a targeted approach.”
API Security Redefined: Unified API Protection
Cequence's UAP platform provides comprehensive discovery of the
entire API attack surface, encompassing both external and internal
APIs. It ensures compliance with security and governance best
practices, eliminating unknown and unmitigated API security risks.
The solution offers native real-time inline protection, blocking
API attacks before they reach applications.
Cequence Security's UAP platform is unparalleled in addressing
all phases of the API protection lifecycle. It provides:
- Discovery: A continuous API attack surface discovery
management product that assesses your application footprint,
offering a complete inventory of external APIs.
- Compliance: A security posture management product that
identifies security risks in APIs, ensuring compliance with
specifications, security test requirements, and governance best
practices.
- Protection: Detects and prevents sophisticated automated
API attacks and business logic abuse using advanced machine
learning rules, providing real-time protection without relying on
third-party components.
“Our collaboration with Cequence fills a crucial void in the API
security landscape,” said Nick Blyth, Managing Director at
Singularity Tech. “Often, security and delivery teams operate in
silos. By combining Singularity's focus on technology
implementation with Cequence's best-in-class API security
solutions, we provide a unified approach that empowers clients to
navigate the complexities of API security, cybersecurity and
compliance effectively.”
About Cequence Security
Cequence, a pioneer in API security and bot management, is the
only solution that delivers Unified API Protection (UAP), uniting
discovery, compliance, and protection across all internal and
external APIs to defend organisations against attacks, business
logic abuse, and fraud. The flexible deployment model supports
SaaS, on-premises, and hybrid installations, and APIs can be
onboarded in less than 15 minutes without requiring any app
instrumentation, SDK, or JavaScript integration. Cequence solutions
scale to handle the most demanding government, Fortune and Global
500 organisations, securing more than 8 billion daily API
interactions and protecting more than 3 billion user accounts. To
learn more, visit www.cequence.ai.
About Singularity Tech
Singularity Tech, a professional services technology company,
accelerates the API-led digital transformation journey for
government agencies and corporate clients. The team focuses on
developing API, Microservices, and DevOps capabilities to deliver
fast, repeatable, and secure applications. The company's solutions
aim to solve API Management's big problems including API Sprawl,
API Security, and API Governance. Singularity Tech prioritises
sustainable business client uplift by providing experienced
specialist roles and partnering with best-in-class software vendors
that supply the technology backbone upon which the team delivers
value. Founded in 2017, Singularity Tech strives to become a
trusted advisor, delivering insights on digital thinking, business
validation, strategy, architecture, data, and engineering
capabilities. The team utilises a range of technologies including
API gateways, Service Mesh, Formation Templates, Kubernetes, and
Cloud Native. For more information, visit
https://singularitydevops.io or follow LinkedIn page
@SingularityTech.
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