CrowdStrike ups the ante with investment in API security leader, Salt Security

CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), the cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data organisation, has announced that its strategic investment arm, Falcon Fund, has invested in Salt Security, the leader in Application Programming Interface (API) security. In addition to the investment, Salt Security and CrowdStrike are partnering to bring together leading technology to apply API discovery and runtime protection on applications, and enable security testing to harden APIs before release.


“With the proliferation and use of SaaS applications, APIs are becoming a key target for adversaries,” said Michael Sentonas, chief technology officer at CrowdStrike. “Salt Security has emerged as the clear leader in solving this major blindspot for organisations, which is why we have chosen to invest in this innovative team and technology.”


CrowdStrike says it is committed to building an ecosystem of next-generation security leaders and enabling seamless integrations with the solutions that customers need to protect themselves in a rapidly evolving threat la ..

Support the originator by clicking the read the rest link below.