Why API Security Is Becoming A Board-Level Issue — And How Radware Plans To Close The Visibility Gap

APIs quietly power most modern businesses — from mobile apps and digital payments to logistics platforms and customer portals. But while organisations race ahead with digital transformation, API security has become one of enterprise IT’s biggest blind spots.

Radware has launched a new API Security Service aimed at tackling this challenge head-on, offering end-to-end protection that spans discovery, risk management, and real-time defence.

According to Radware, many organisations lack visibility into their full API environment. Shadow APIs and external integrations often escape detection, while traditional security tools generate overwhelming volumes of alerts that don’t reflect actual exposure. The result: security teams struggle to prioritise remediation, and attackers exploit business logic flaws that sit outside conventional vulnerability models.

Radware’s new platform focuses on runtime protection — analysing live production traffic to identify active threats and attacker intent, rather than relying solely on static assessments.

“Security teams don’t need more alerts — they need clarity,” said Haim Zelikovsky, vice president of cloud security business at Radware. “Our goal is to help organisations understand real API risk in real time, block attacks automatically, and reduce operational overhead while meeting regulatory expectations.”

The service provides continuous API discovery, real-time posture management, and behaviour-based protection designed to stop sophisticated attacks without disrupting legitimate traffic. It also offers built-in coverage for the OWASP Top 10 API Security Risks, alongside bot mitigation and HTTPS DDoS protection.

For CISOs and DevSecOps leaders, the business case extends beyond technical defence. APIs increasingly sit at the heart of revenue-generating services, making outages or breaches a direct threat to brand trust and operational continuity. Radware says its unified platform helps simplify collaboration across development and security teams while reducing total cost of ownership.

As enterprises scale their digital ecosystems, API security is shifting from a niche technical concern to a strategic priority. With attackers growing more targeted — and regulations tightening — Radware believes runtime visibility will be critical to keeping modern businesses online and resilient.

The Radware API Security Service is generally available now.

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