Traceable API Security

The core security challenge in modern API-driven environments is the pervasive vulnerability and lack of visibility into API activity, which can lead to sensitive data exfiltration, business logic abuse, and other malicious activities. Traceable AI addresses this by providing a comprehensive API security platform that integrates discovery, protection, and testing across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Technically, Traceable's architecture relies on its OmniTrace Engine, which captures, correlates, and analyzes all API-related activity in real-time. This engine utilizes contextual analysis to understand the interconnectivity between API activity, user behavior, data flow, and code execution. This approach allows for the automatic detection and blocking of known and unknown API attacks, including OWASP Top 10 threats and business logic abuse. The platform can be deployed on-prem, in the cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), or as a Software as a Service (SaaS), offering flexibility in integration with existing infrastructure.

Operationally, Traceable's API catalog continuously discovers and tracks changes to APIs, including internal, public, and third-party APIs, without requiring any configuration or dependency on OpenAPI spec files or Postman collections. The platform integrates with CI/CD pipelines through native plugins for major providers like GitHub, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps, enabling a DevSecOps-first approach. This integration allows for rapid, context-rich scans that prioritize vulnerabilities based on production data and risk posture, ensuring that security is embedded into every stage of the API lifecycle.

Key technical details include the platform's ability to process large volumes of cloud events, detect exploit attempts, and analyze new unique objects and attacks in real-time. Traceable's API security testing (AST) can be conducted using either XAST (eXtended Active Security Testing) or DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) approaches, with XAST offering superior vulnerability detection with low false positives. The platform also supports custom specification integration and automated addition of new and updated APIs to test suites, ensuring comprehensive coverage without manual intervention.