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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by Salt Security

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Recent Statistics & Reports

15% of organizations said their API programs do not adequately address runtime or production security.

10/8/2025
APIRuntime securityProduction security

Only 3% of organizations indicated they do not know how many APIs they are responsible for.

10/8/2025
API

45% of organizations identify digital transformation initiatives as a main driver behind the use of APIs.

10/8/2025
APIDigital transformation

12% of organizations manage 501–1,000 APIs.

10/8/2025
API

16% of respondents pointed to resource or staffing shortages as the primary barrier to implementing a strong API security program.

10/8/2025
APIStaff

33% of security leaders have suffered an API incident in the past year.

10/8/2025
APIAPI incident

35% of organizations identify cloud migration as a main driver behind the use of APIs.

10/8/2025
APICloud migration

4% of organizations reported API increases of 201–300%.

10/8/2025
API

25% of respondents pointed to budget limitations as the primary barrier to implementing a strong API security program.

10/8/2025
APIBudget

7% of respondents pointed to time constraints as the primary barrier to implementing a strong API security program.

10/8/2025
API

11% of respondents pointed to tooling/solutions gaps as the primary barrier to implementing a strong API security program.

10/8/2025
APISecurity tools

10% of respondents identified that their company's API program doesn't focus enough on fleshing out requirements and documenting.

10/8/2025
API

2% of organizations adhere to other specific security standards or frameworks for API development and deployment.

10/8/2025
API

Only 19% of organizations were 'very confident' in the accuracy of their API inventories.

10/8/2025
APIAPI inventory

55% of organizations were only 'somewhat confident' in the accuracy of their API inventories.

10/8/2025
APIAPI inventory

8% of organizations were 'not at all confident' in the accuracy of their API inventories.

10/8/2025
APIAPI inventory

11% of organizations said their API security budget did not increase.

10/8/2025
APIBudget

21% of organizations rely on regular penetration testing to assess the effectiveness of their API security measures.

10/8/2025
APIPen testing

4% of organizations do not know what specific security standards or frameworks they adhere to for API development and deployment.

10/8/2025
API

57% of organizations train developers on secure coding practices for AI-generated code.

10/8/2025
APIGenAI

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