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Collaboration pairs leaders in API and automotive cybersecurity to enable broad protection as attacks on automotive APIs climb within and among vehicle, cloud and mobile DALLAS and TOKYO, May 29, 2024—VicOne, an automotive cybersecurity solutions leader, today announced a partnership with 42Crunch to enhance the security of application programming interfaces (APIs) for the software-defined vehicle (SDV) […]
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42Crunch and Microsoft integrate services to help enterprises adopt a full-lifecycle approach to API security
Today 42Crunch, the API DevSecOps platform, announced the integration of 42Crunch’s API security audit and vulnerability testing solution with Microsoft Defender for Cloud to provide Microsoft customers continuous API protection from design to runtime.
API World, Santa Clara, CA – October 24, 2023 – 42Crunch the API Security platform vendor, launched today, API Capture, to automate the generation of OpenAPI contracts and API security testing configurations from Postman collections and API traffic. API Capture benefits enterprises by enabling their development teams adopt best practice API security governance policies from […]
October 24, 2023 – Santa Clara, CA. Today at API World, 42Crunch, the API Security Platform vendor, announced that it now has 1 million developers leveraging its API security tools to secure their APIs. 42Crunch makes it easy for developers to use its OpenAPI security tools from directly inside their preferred Integrated Development Environments (IDE), […]
Dublin, Ireland – July 12, 2023 42Crunch, the automated API security testing and threat protection vendor and Payemoji’s conversational commerce solution announce partnership. Introduction to Conversational commerce API security Conversational commerce has transformed the way businesses engage with their customers. Through messaging platforms, voice assistants, and chatbots, companies can now offer personalized recommendations, process transactions, […]
42Crunch announces the latest set of API security testing and threat protection capabilities:
Support for scenarios testing
Automatic authorization testing to detect API 1 and API 5
Automatic authentication testing to detect API 2 issues
42Crunch, the Developer-First API Security platform vendor and Spike Reply, the cybersecurity division of Reply [EXM, STAR: REY], today announced their commercial partnership to offer API security within the DACH region. Spike Reply will resell the 42Crunch API Security platform and provide implementation services to enterprises throughout the region as they strengthen their API-first strategies.
San Francisco, CA — March 14, 2023. 42Crunch, the Developer-First API Security platform today announced it is a Security Software Innovator award finalist in the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards. The company was honored among a global field of industry leaders that demonstrated success across the security landscape during the past 12 months. Jacques Declas, CEO […]
42Crunch Expands Collaboration with Microsoft by Joining Microsoft Intelligent Security Association Collaboration Consolidates End-to-End API Security Experience for the Enterprise San Francisco, January 10, 2023 – 42Crunch, the Developer First API Security platform company, announced today that it has joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), a group of security technology providers who have integrated their […]
APImetrics and 42Crunch are collaborating to offer a holistic view across the API lifecycle and dive deep into the API runtime, providing unparalleled observability of the real-world behavior and security of API products.
November 14, 2022, San Francisco, CA – 42Crunch is pleased to announce our corporate membership of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), a worldwide not-for-profit charitable organization focused on improving the security of software. At 42Crunch we have always been inspired by OWASP’s role as an enabler of the global security professional community. Our […]
Developer-First API Security to Help Enterprises Achieve End-to-End Protection of their Digital Initiatives 42Crunch is at API World in San Jose this week, the annual gathering of the API industry. I find it a wonderful event where end-users, vendors, consultants and analysts meet to explore and learn about the benefits gained from implementing an […]
500,000 API Developers secure APIs as they develop from inside their favorite IDEs 19 September, 2022 – San Francisco, API Specifications Conference (ASC) – 42Crunch, the Developer First API Security platform company, announced today at ASC the availability of the platform’s API Scan service inside the leading IDEs for developers. With over 500,000 developers already […]
JUNE 7, 2022 – National Harbor, Maryland. Today at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, 42Crunch, the Developer-First API Security Platform vendor, announced that it has over 450,000 developers now using its API Security tools. 42Crunch makes it easy for developers to use its OpenAPI security tools from directly inside the market leading Integrated Development […]
October 11, San Francisco, CA – Today at KubeCon, 42Crunch, the Developer-First API security platform company, announced their collaboration with Cisco to provide the developer community with APIClarity, a new API discovery and security tool enabling enterprises to fortify their cloud protection. APIs are increasingly a favorite target for hackers seeking to compromise cloud environments […]
42Crunch Accelerates API Security with Two Key Executive Appointments Industry Veterans Stephen Gomann and Hugh Carroll Tapped to Support API Leader’s Rapid Growth San Francisco, CA – October 5, 2021 – 42Crunch, the Developer-First API Security platform vendor, today announced two key senior additions to its growing global team. Stephen Gomann has been appointed as […]
Ranked as a Leader in Overall Leadership, Product Leadership, and Innovation Leadership Categories San Francisco, CA – August 31, 2021 – 42Crunch, the Developer-First API Security platform vendor, announced it has been named as a leader in KuppingerCole’s Leadership Compass report for API Management and Security including, overall leadership, product leadership and innovation leadership. […]
42Crunch poll reveals that a third of developers are now implementing security testing at the start of the API design lifecycle. 33% of developers implementing security after the coding stage. 34% of developers implement security either before or after production deployment. San Francisco, CA – June 24, 2021 – 42Crunch, the API Security platform vendor, […]
Our June 2021 update just went live, and I am here to tell you the details. Executive Dashboards The most noticeable change in the user interface is the new organization-level executive dashboard. It allows organization administrators to get a quick glance at the corporate use of 42Crunch API Security and the trends across Security Audit, […]
London, UK – 42Crunch, the API security leader, today announces that it has secured $17 million in a Series A investment led by Energy Impact Partners, a leading global investment firm, joined by Adara Ventures. 42Crunch is the creator of the world’s first Application Programming Interface (API) micro-firewall and a pioneer in protecting APIs against […]
Our May 2021 update just went live, and I am here to tell you the details. Updated CI/CD plugins and repository data in the platform 42Crunch provides off-the-shelf plugins for a variety of CI/CD pipelines. These can discover OpenAPI files in the repository, upload them to the 42Crunch platform, perform Security Audit, and succeed or […]
We have just updated our API Security platform, and I want to tell you all about it. 100+ New Security Audit Checks Security Audit checks related to authentication just had a major revamp. Now instead of generic articles on insecure authentication methods, we provide specific information for each case, including: API Key passed as a […]
Today we are happy to announce the global availability of the latest version of the 42Crunch API Security Platform. We have updated our community deployment used by thousands of API developers worldwide, our IDE plugins, online tools, and deployments used by our enterprise customers. Below is a summary of the biggest new features and improvements. […]
IRVINE, CA, FEBRUARY 10, 2021 — Today, API security leader and creator of the industry’s first API Firewall, 42Crunch, announced record 900% growth in 2020 led by key enterprise accounts, innovative product advancements, and growing community of APIsecurity.io — the number one API security news source. Enterprises digitalization, as well the transition to cloud-native architectures, microservices, […]
IRVINE, CA, DECEMBER 15, 2020 — Today, API security leader and creator of the industry’s first API Firewall, 42Crunch, announced the release of new IDE OpenAPI (Swagger) editing plugins for both Eclipse and JetBrains family of IDEs including IntelliJ and PyCharm. 42Crunch’s free OpenAPI security audit plugins simplify REST API development by delivering features such […]
Our OpenAPI (Swagger) Editor for VS Code has reached over 100,000 installs! A year ago we released our VS Code OpenAPI (Swagger) Editor with the idea of making developers lives EASIER when it came to editing security in their OpenAPI / Swagger files. This month we surpassed 100k installs and wanted to say THANK YOU!! […]
IRVINE, CA, OCTOBER 7, 2020 — Today, the API security leader and creator of the industry’s first API Firewall, 42Crunch, announced the availability of its REST API Static Security Testing with GitHub code scanning. By adding 42Crunch to code scanning, developers can include REST API OpenAPI / Swagger definitions within static security tests. Most of […]
IRVINE, CA, JUNE 16, 2020 — Today, the API security leader and creator of the industry’s first API Firewall, 42Crunch, announced the launch of their new REST API Static Security Testing extension for Atlassian’s code collaboration and CI/CD solution, Bitbucket Pipelines. This extension enables companies to easily enforce secure API design right from their CI/CD […]
Enables Azure DevOps customers to extend their DevSecOps practices to REST APIs IRVINE, CA, MARCH 18, 2020 — Today, the API security leader and creator of REST API DevSecOps tooling and the industry’s first API Firewall, 42Crunch, announced the launch of their new REST API Static Security Testing extension for Microsoft Azure Pipelines. This extension […]
42Crunch Democratizes API Security by Adding Self Registration, Free and Low-Cost Tiers to Their Comprehensive API Security Platform SAN FRANCISCO, FEBRUARY 25, 2020 — Today at the RSA Conference, API security leader and creator of the industry’s first API Firewall – 42Crunch – announced the launch of its new self-registration feature for their API […]
Amsterdam and Paris, December 18, 2019 – Global integration- and API management specialist Yenlo and specialist in API security 42Crunch, today announced a strategic partnership to secure and enforce API-policies as an added value service to Yenlo’s growing API business across the world. 42Crunch offers an enterprise-grade, full-fledged, end-to-end API security platform. Using the 42Crunch platform, enterprises have […]
SAN JOSE, OCTOBER 9, 2019 — Today at API World, API security leader and creator of the industry’s first API Firewall, 42Crunch, announced the availability of REST API Security Audit functionality in its popular OpenAPI extension for Microsoft Visual Studio Code — making it easier than ever to enable a DevSecOps process for API security. […]
The 42Crunch August 2019 release introduces a new API firewall non-blocking mode so you can test how it affects your existing API traffic without impacting consumers, a deeper integration between the security audit and editor for seamless navigation, and an enhanced audit issue view for faster editing. (See the release notes for additional details on full list […]
Enables Any Developer to Become a Security Expert and the Driving Force Of API Security IRVINE, AUGUST 6, 2019 — Today, API security leader and creator of the industry’s first API Firewall, 42Crunch, announced the latest release of its API security platform with enhanced tools for developers to easily define security in OpenAPI contracts — […]
42Crunch Allows Organizations to Extend Comprehensive API Security Beyond the Edge, to Each and Every Container in Kubernetes Environments SINGAPORE, JULY 16, 2019 — Today at RSA Asia Pacific & Japan 2019, API security leader and creator of the industry’s first API Firewall – 42Crunch – announced the latest release of its API security platform […]
MUNICH, GERMANY. MAY 14, 2019 — Today at the European Identity & Cloud Conference (EIC) 2019, API security leader and creator of the industry’s first API Firewall – 42Crunch – announced the launch of its reseller and implementation partner program, as well as the first two commercial partnerships with Skalena (Brazil) and atSistemas (Spain). The […]
IRVINE, CA, USA, March 6, 2019 — 42Crunch, the leading API security company, announced today the release of the 42Crunch API Platform, the world’s first API security cloud platform to discover vulnerabilities in APIs and protect them from attack. The 42Crunch Platform can protect SaaS, Web, or IoT APIs, as well as microservices. This follows the launch of […]
LONDON, UK, February 13, 2019 — API Contract Security Audit is a free online tool that lets developers and security professionals upload their OpenAPI definition files and get a detailed security assessment on the potential risks that their APIs might have. Each issue in the report shows the specific place in the API contract that […]
London – Nov 21, 2018 – Today, at the API Security For Open Banking Summit, 42Crunch, the leading backend API security platform and CriticalBlue, provider of Approov, the leading frontend mobile API security solution, announced that they are now offering enterprise customers with an end-to-end API protection service. 42Crunch and CriticalBlue were both named Cool Vendors […]
IRVINE, CA, USA, November 5, 2018 — 42Crunch announced today that it has launched APISecurity.io, an online API Security hub that includes, for example, a weekly newsletter, industry news, information on recent breaches and vulnerabilities, standards, regulations, and tools. APISecurity.io provides API developers the much needed single source for up-to-date and relevant information around API […]
CHESEAUX-SUR-LAUSANNE, Switzerland and PHOENIX (AZ), USA, December 20, 2017 – The Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S), the world leader in digital security, will demonstrate its IoT Security Suite at CES® 2018. The comprehensive suite of services and technologies targets device manufacturers and service providers who need solid security foundations in order to enable long-term monetization, privacy and […]
42Crunch today announced that it had been named a Cool Vendor by Gartner in its “Cool Vendors in Monitoring and Management of Threats to Applications and Data, 2017”[1] report, which was published on June 8, 2017. Gartner subscribers can access the report at The Gartner[2] report recommends that, “security and risk management leaders overseeing security […]