Your AppSec Journey Demystified: Driving Effective API Security with Wallarm and StackHawk

There is no doubt that attackers have shifted their attention to APIs. Wallarm’s API ThreatStats research identifies that 70% of attacks now target APIs instead of Web Applications. While APIs have become the backbone of innovation and connectivity for businesses, they have also introduced a vast attack surface that’s challenging to defend with traditional methods alone. To address these unique API security needs, StackHawk and Wallarm have partnered to provide a powerful, combined solution that makes proactive API security seamless, scalable, and highly effective.

The Complex API Security Landscape

APIs enable businesses to scale, adapt, and integrate like never before, but they also bring unique security challenges that traditional tools struggle to handle. With APIs proliferating rapidly, companies need a comprehensive approach to API security — one that provides visibility, protects against evolving threats, and aligns with rapid development cycles. Wallarm and StackHawk’s combined solution offers exactly that.

Key API Security Challenges:

• Unknown Risks: APIs may be unknowingly exposed or exposed to unknown threats if not continuously discovered, monitored, and secured.
• Complex Threat Landscape: As APIs, their infrastructure, and interactions grow more complex, so do the potential vulnerabilities and attacks.
• Operational Constraints: Security solutions must seamlessly integrate with modern development workflows and deployed infrastructure, without negatively impacting performance.

Wallarm and StackHawk: A Stronger, Shift-Left Approach to API Security

Together, Wallarm and StackHawk deliver a robust, “shift-left, shield right” security strategy designed to empower application security teams with proactive API discovery, continuous testing, and real-time threat detection. By joining forces, they address the entire API lifecycle, helping teams discover, monitor, and secure APIs from development to production.

Better Together: The StackHawk + Wallarm Solution:

• Multi-Faceted, Proactive API Discovery: With StackHawk, developers gain visibility into their API landscape through discovery integrated within their CI/CD. Wallarm provides dynamic API discovery through external scanning and active traffic analysis.
• Integrated, Continuous API Security Testing: StackHawk integration with both Wallarm and the CI/CD pipeline supports continually updated and continuous API security testing.
• Shield-Right with Real-Time Threat Protection: Wallarm detects and actively blocks API attacks by monitoring live API traffic.
• Built for Scale and Speed: This combined solution is designed to support teams of all sizes, integrating seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines and API infrastructure without slowing down development.

The Benefits of a Unified, Proactive API Security Strategy

By integrating Wallarm and StackHawk, companies can transition from a reactive approach to a strategic, proactive one that meets the security demands of today’s API-driven world. Together, these tools empower organizations to safeguard their API ecosystem, ensuring compliance, protecting sensitive data, and enabling secure innovation.

Advantages of the Wallarm and StackHawk Partnership:

• Enhanced Security Posture: Catch vulnerabilities early with StackHawk’s shift-left testing, then continuously monitor and mitigate threats in real-time with Wallarm.
• Increased Productivity: Secure APIs without disrupting development workflows, thanks to fast and seamless integration.
• Streamlined Compliance: Simplify audits and meet regulatory requirements through continuous API security and monitoring.

Easy Onboarding, Immediate Impact

Getting started with StackHawk and Wallarm is straightforward. With StackHawk’s user-friendly API discovery and Wallarm’s threat protection, your team can achieve end-to-end API security that aligns with development speed. StackHawk provides tabular insights, filtering, and commit tracking to streamline oversight, while Wallarm’s robust detection and real-time blocking make continuous monitoring actionable.

Conclusion

APIs are central to business growth, and securing them requires a modern approach. Together, StackHawk and Wallarm provide a best-of-breed solution for API security that combines proactive oversight with real-time protection. For companies ready to take their AppSec program to the next level, StackHawk and Wallarm offer the tools needed to stay secure and scale confidently. Start your journey with StackHawk and Wallarm — where proactive and continuous API security come together to enable secure innovation.

To learn more about how Wallarm and StackHawk integrate, download the datasheet.