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We've curated 260 cybersecurity statistics about API to help you understand how vulnerabilities in application programming interfaces are being exploited and secured in 2025. Discover the trends and best practices shaping this crucial technology landscape!

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11% of organizations raised their API security budgets by 16–20%.

Salt Security10/8/2025
Budget

16% of organizations identify enabling AI agents or other autonomous systems as a main driver behind the use of APIs.

Salt Security10/8/2025
AI agent

6% of respondents identified that their company's API program is too cumbersome and slows down delivery.

Salt Security10/8/2025

Only 19% of security leaders are 'very confident' in their API inventory accuracy.

Salt Security10/8/2025
API inventory

10% of organizations rely on monthly API checks.

Salt Security10/8/2025

16% of organizations cited APIs as critical for enabling autonomous systems such as AI agents, which rely on APIs for communication and orchestration.

Salt Security10/8/2025

45% of organizations pointed to digital transformation initiatives as a primary driver for modernizing legacy systems and accelerating new services.

Salt Security10/8/2025

9% of organizations have no plans to use GenAI in API development.

Salt Security10/8/2025
GenAI

35% of organizations are using APIs to support migration to modern cloud architectures.

Salt Security10/8/2025
Cloud

6% of organizations conduct threat modeling to assess the effectiveness of their API security measures.

Salt Security10/8/2025
Threat modeling

8% of organizations conduct incident response analysis to assess the effectiveness of their API security measures.

Salt Security10/8/2025
Incident response analysis

16% of respondents identified that their company's API program doesn't drive enough observability and control.

Salt Security10/8/2025

10% of respondents identified that their company's API program is too difficult to staff/resource.

Salt Security10/8/2025

8% of respondents identified that it’s difficult to know what to prioritize within their company's API program.

Salt Security10/8/2025

7% of respondents identified that it’s difficult to know if their company's API program is compliant with new policies/regulations.

Salt Security10/8/2025
Compliance

30% of organizations reported intermediate maturity in their API security programs, with app sec testing and API gateways in place.

Salt Security10/8/2025
Maturity

10% of organizations have advanced API security strategies that include dedicated API testing and protection.

Salt Security10/8/2025
API testing

Nearly 80% of organizations increased their API security budgets in the past year.

Salt Security10/8/2025
Budget

82% of the organizations have adopted some level of an API-first approach.

Postman10/8/2025

59% of organizations said the tools they use to detect and prevent API attacks are only somewhat effective.

Salt Security10/8/2025
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