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State of API Security Report

Securing the Future of Agentic AI: Building Consumer Trust through Robust API Security

Recent Statistics & Reports

39% of organizations adhere to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for API development and deployment.

23% of organizations identify leveraging AI/ML capabilities for business insights or automation as a main driver behind the use of APIs.

52% of organizations identify development efficiencies and/or standardization as a main driver behind the use of APIs.

42% of organizations reported managing 101–500 APIs.

50% of security leaders have slowed a new application rollout due to API security concerns.

API API security

25% of organizations said APIs are used to create new revenue streams.

14% of organizations oversee 1,001 or more APIs.

15% of organizations admitted they do not know which APIs expose PII.

30% of organizations are in the planning stage for their API security programs.

61% of all organizations reported modest increases (≤15%) in their API security budgets.

21% of organizations have basic API security programs focused on risk assessments or manual reviews.

10% of organizations raised their API security budgets by 0–5%.

11% of organizations adhere to NIS2 for API development and deployment.

36% of organizations say GenAI is somewhat concerning for API security.

13% of organizations experienced explosive API growth of 101–200%.

4% of organizations do not perform or have no formal assessment of their API security measures.

18% of organizations perform security audits to assess the effectiveness of their API security measures.

API Security audits

42% of organizations conduct code reviews and security testing.

API Security testing Code review

12% of respondents identified that their company's API program doesn’t invest enough in pre-production security.

43% of organizations are using specialized AI security tools.

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