API Security
Protect your APIs with a positive security model that detects vulnerabilities and shields from exploitation
Analyst recommendations
Forrester’s recommendations for scaling your API security strategy
The cost of API insecurity
Imperva partnered with the Marsh McLennan Cyber Risk Analytics Center to analyze API-related incident data
2023 Bad Bot Report
Imperva looks closely at the relationship between bad bots, online fraud, and API insecurity
The business logic abuse challenge
Business logic abuse is difficult to detect and prevent as attackers mimic legitimate behavior to manipulate the application’s intended logic for malicious purposes.
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Traditional security measures are not enough
Imitating normal behavior enables attackers to stay below the security radar. A firewall or intrusion detection system is not enough to prevent business logic abuse.
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APIs are a top target for attackers
APIs are at risk if their business logic is not properly designed, implemented or secured. Attackers manipulate API design flaws to cause disruption or access sensitive data.
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Bad Bots exploit intended application use
Account takeover, transaction fraud, spamming, scalping and web scraping are examples of how attackers use automation to conduct business logic abuse.
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Third-party services put websites at risk
Client-side attacks target compromised third-party javascript to inject malicious code and capture user data during online transactions.
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Multiple solutions adds complexity
Protecting against the growing number of targeted attacks is more challenging with multiple security solutions.
Preventing business logic abuse
Discover, detect and prevent business logic abuse.
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Imperva Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Detects and blocks SQL injection attacks, denial of service attacks and authentication bypass attempts to deter attackers intent on business logic abuse.
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Imperva API Security
Uses continuous API discovery and risk classification to safeguard sensitive data by giving full visibility into your APIs and their associated risk.
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Imperva integrated Advanced Bot Protection and API Security
Provides maximum security by identifying which APIs are processing sensitive data and in need of Advanced Bot Protection.
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Imperva Client Side Protection (CSP)
Offers visibility into third-party JavaScript code in compliance with PCI DSS 4.0 regulatory guidance on how payment page scripts should be managed.
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Imperva Application Security
Offers a mature, unified application security platform to ensure comprehensive protection against business logic attacks and other evolving threats.
Traditional security measures are not enough
Business logic abuse targets the core functionality within an application by mimicking legitimate traffic to avoid detection.
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No known signatures
Business logic is unique to each application, making it difficult for traditional security tools to have predefined signatures or patterns that can detect an attack.
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Context-dependent
Business logic abuse relies on understanding and exploiting the specific logic of an application, making it highly context-dependent.
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Complex interactions
Business logic abuse involves a series of complex, intricate interactions within an application. By exploiting an application’s legitimate functionalities, bad actors can carry out an attack under the guise of being a genuine user.
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Lack of external indicators
Business logic abuse typically does not contain known external indicators, such as network traffic anomalies of known malicious IP addresses.
How Imperva helps to prevent business logic abuse
Advanced Bot Protection
Proactively block account takeover fraud and inform consumers before they are victimized
Client Side Protection
Prevents online fraud from website supply chain attacks like formjacking, digital skimming, and Magecart
Runtime Protection
Protects your applications from supply chain attacks and other zero-day exploits
See how we can help you secure your web applications and data
