Use Case

Threat Detection & Security Operations

Detecting attacks and closing security exposure.

38 providers 614 APIs 30 declared variants

Collecting security telemetry, correlating it against detection rules and threat intelligence, and running the vulnerability, posture, and hardening work a security operations team owns.

38 API providers on the APIs.io network offer threat detection & security operations. The highest-rated are Dynatrace, Datadog, Amazon Security Lake, Amazon Neptune, Palo Alto Networks.

Providers

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

Exemplar 6 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Strong 11 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Amazon CloudTrailAWS CloudTrail enables governance, compliance, operational auditing, and risk auditing of your AWS account ...1 published contract66.3CensysCensys is an internet intelligence and attack surface management platform that continuously scans the publi...2 published contracts63.8Amazon GuardDutyAmazon GuardDuty is an intelligent threat detection service that continuously monitors your AWS accounts, w...1 published contract63.4Microsoft Active DirectoryMicrosoft Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID provide identity and access management for organizations ...3 published contracts63.4ShodanShodan is the world's first search engine for Internet-connected devices. It continuously crawls the public...5 published contracts63.0IPinfoIPinfo is an IP address data and intelligence platform that provides geolocation (country, region, city, co...1 published contract62.5Google WorkspaceA collection of productivity and collaboration tools from Google including Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Meet, an...1 published contract61.9Amazon IoT Device DefenderAWS IoT Device Defender is a security service that lets you continuously audit your IoT configurations to d...1 published contract61.0Amazon Kinesis Data FirehoseAmazon Kinesis Data Firehose is the easiest way to reliably load streaming data into data lakes, data store...1 published contract61.0GreyNoise IntelligenceGreyNoise Intelligence collects and analyzes Internet-wide scan and attack traffic from a global network of...1 published contract57.5Amazon DetectiveAmazon Detective is a security investigation service that makes it easy to analyze, investigate, and quickl...7 APIs56.1
Developing 7 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Thin 7 Limited public surface area
Emerging 7 Early or largely undocumented

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 Security Posture AssessmentAPI Security Posture ManagementCloud Security MonitoringCloud Security PostureCloud Workload ProtectionCybersecurity Posture ImprovementCybersecurity and Threat DetectionCybersecurity and Threat IntelligenceIT and Security OperationsInsider Threat DetectionMalware DetectionNetwork and Security MonitoringNovel Threat DetectionReal-Time Threat DetectionSIEM IntegrationSaaS Security Posture ManagementSecurity AnalyticsSecurity MonitoringSecurity OperationsSecurity Posture AssessmentSecurity Posture HardeningSecurity Posture ManagementThreat DetectionThreat Detection and SecurityThreat HuntingThreat Hunting and OSINTThreat Intelligence EnrichmentThreat huntingVulnerability ManagementVulnerability Scanning Reduction

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