📣 Exciting news! Microsoft just released Defender for APIs, a powerful new tool designed to help organizations enhance their API security, inventory, and management.

In this post, I will highlight the key features and capabilities of this cutting-edge solution.

1️⃣ Inventory: Say goodbye to API management headaches. Defender for APIs offers a single dashboard that provides an aggregated view of all your managed APIs.

2️⃣ Security Findings: With Defender for APIs, you can easily analyze security findings, including information on external, unused, or unauthenticated APIs. This feature helps organizations identify vulnerabilities and secure their API ecosystem.

3️⃣ Security Posture: Improve your API security posture by reviewing and implementing security recommendations provided by Defender for APIs. This feature helps you harden at-risk surfaces to minimize potential threats.

4️⃣ API Data Classification: This tool enables you to classify APIs that receive or respond with sensitive data, allowing you to prioritize risks and secure your data more effectively.

5️⃣ Real-Time Threat Detection: Leveraging machine learning and rule-based analytics, Defender for APIs ingests and monitors API traffic for runtime anomaly detection. This helps in identifying API security threats, including the OWASP Top 10 critical threats.

6️⃣ Defender CSPM Integration: Defender for APIs integrates seamlessly with the Cloud Security Graph in Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) for enhanced API visibility and risk assessment across your organization.

7️⃣ Azure API Management Integration: When the Defender for APIs plan is enabled, you can access API security recommendations and alerts directly in the Azure API Management portal.

8️⃣ SIEM Integration: Defender for APIs can also integrate with security information and event management (SIEM) systems, making it easier for security teams to investigate and respond to threats using their existing workflows.

Microsoft Defender for APIs will help you better manage, secure, and optimize your API infrastructure.

MS Docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/defender-for-cloud/defender-for-apis-introduction.