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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by Salt Security

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Recent Statistics & Reports

9% of organizations rated the tools they use to detect and prevent API attacks as not very effective.

10/8/2025
APISecurity tool

23% of organizations indicated APIs are enabling advanced analytics, automation, and business insights powered by machine learning.

10/8/2025
API

20% of organizations monitor their APIs continuously in real-time.

10/8/2025
API

1% of organizations did not know how confident they were in the accuracy of their API inventories.

10/8/2025
APIAPI inventory

26% of organizations said a strong compliance posture is a metric for measuring API security ROI.

10/8/2025
API

18% of organizations said cost savings from breach prevention is a metric for measuring API security ROI.

10/8/2025
API

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

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 dominant attack vectors map to OWASP API1 Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA).

10/8/2025
APIOWASP

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

10/8/2025
APIRuntime securityProduction security

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

10/8/2025
APIStaff

25% of organizations said they were 'not very' or 'not at all 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

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

10/8/2025
APIPen testing

30% of organizations reported a 0–50% increase in API growth.

10/8/2025
API

28% of organizations reported breaches as the most common API security problem.

10/8/2025
APIBreaches

15% of respondents identified that their company's API program doesn’t adequately address runtime or production security.

10/8/2025
API

10% of organizations monitor their APIs even less frequently than every few months.

10/8/2025
API

12% of organizations monitor their APIs only every few months.

10/8/2025
API

54% of organizations rely on developer documentation to identify which APIs expose sensitive data or PII.

10/8/2025
APIPII

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