Use Case

API Security

Protecting APIs from abuse, leakage, and attack.

11 providers 108 APIs 8 declared variants

Securing the API layer specifically — authentication enforcement, abuse controls, schema validation, sensitive-data detection, and discovery of shadow and zombie endpoints.

11 API providers on the APIs.io network offer api security. The highest-rated are Amazon Firewall Manager, F5 Networks, Citrix NetScaler, 42Crunch, Apinizer.

Providers

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Amazon Firewall Manager AWS Firewall Manager is a security management service that allows you to centrally configure and manage fir... 1 API 63.2
Developing 6 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
F5 Networks F5 Networks is a leader in application delivery networking technology that specializes in application avail... 11 APIs 59.5 Citrix NetScaler Citrix NetScaler is an application delivery controller (ADC) that provides load balancing, traffic manageme... 4 APIs 59.3 42Crunch 42Crunch is a leading API security company that specializes in protecting and securing APIs. They provide i... 4 APIs 56.9 Apinizer Apinizer is an API management platform that provides API gateway, API portal, API testing, monitoring, and ... 1 API 53.7 Akamai Akamai is a global content delivery network (CDN), cloud services, and cybersecurity company that helps org... 77 APIs 51.2 Apache Shiro Apache Shiro is a powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that performs authentication, authorizat... 1 API 47.9
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
Azure Active Directory Microsoft's cloud-based identity and access management service that helps employees sign in and access reso... 2 APIs 44.7 Zero Trust Architecture Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) is a security framework defined by NIST SP 800-207 that requires all users an... 5 APIs 38.6
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
API Dynamics APIDynamics is an AI-driven API security and observability platform that empowers enterprises to gain real-... 1 API 23.9 API Stack API Stack is a free directory and discovery platform powered by Apideck that catalogs 213+ third-party API ... 1 API 22.4

What Providers Actually Declared

This use case is a canonical term. These are the free-text strings providers wrote in their own apis.yml that map onto it.

API SecurityAPI Security EnforcementAPI Security Testing in CI/CDAPI Security Tool ResearchDDoS Protection BaselineREST API SecuritySecuring applications with WAF and DDoS protectionShadow API Elimination

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