“The characteristics of modern applications and the significant growth in the number of cloud-native web applications and APIs have organically expanded attack surfaces. This is driving enterprises to defend against the associated threats and is influencing their need to adopt cloud WAAP solutions.”
Vendor selection requires an understanding of the cloud WAAP market, the emerging security challenges it faces, and a systematic approach to the requirements for a new solution.The Gartner Market Guide for Cloud Web Application and API Protection has the answers. “Security and risk management leaders can use this Market Guide to analyze the cloud WAAP market and select solutions that meet their organization’s needs.”
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Report Disclaimer: Gartner, Market Guide for Cloud Web Application and API Protection, Dale Koeppen, Aeron McQuaid, Adam Hils, Rajpreet Kaur, 13 November 2023.
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