Cequence Security Unveils Enhanced API Protection Platform for Agentic AI Security

Cequence expands Unified API Protection platform to secure agentic AI interactions - SiliconANGLE

Cequence expands Unified API Protection platform to secure agentic AI interactions Application programming interface security company Cequence Security Inc. today announced major upgrades to its Unified API Protection platform, which secures agentic AI development, usage and interactions. The new enhancements are designed to allow organizations to secure every AI agent interaction, regardless of the development framework. The solution protects both enterprise-hosted AI applications and external AI APIs, preventing sensitive data exfiltration through business logic abuse and ensuring regulatory compliance through the implementation of robust guardrails. The enhancements seek to address concerns about securing sensitive data in agentic AI applications. Cequence argues that AI-driven exchanges can inadvertently expose internal systems, create significant vulnerabilities and jeopardize valuable data assets. To take on the challenge, Cequence has expanded its UAP platform with an enhanced security layer to govern interactions between AI agents and backend services specifically. The new layer of security allows customers to detect and prevent AI bots such as ChatGPT and Perplexity from harvesting organizational data. Cequence's updated UAP platform introduces controls to block unauthorized AI data harvesting. With the update, organizations can now decide which AI systems, if any, are allowed to interact with their proprietary data, preventing unapproved external models from collecting sensitive information. The platform also enhances protection against data exposure by identifying and stopping both internal and external agentic AI from accessing or leaking sensitive information. Its intelligent analysis distinguishes between legitimate usage and suspicious activity, ensuring AI-related data loss is proactively addressed. To manage the growing presence of shadow AI, Cequence's Unified API Protection platform now automatically discovers and classifies APIs from tools such as Microsoft Copilot and Salesforce Agentforce. The unified visibility delivers the ability to detect and mitigate risks from both third-party AI and internal AI applications in one place. Additionally, the new enhancements support seamless integration with DevOps workflows, enabling the automatic generation of OpenAPI specs and the enforcement of robust security policies. The platform operates without third-party dependencies, helping organizations strengthen security while simplifying deployment and management. "Agentic AI introduces a new layer of complexity, where every agent behaves like a bidirectional API," said Chief Executive Ameya Talwalkar. "That's our wheelhouse. Our platform helps organizations embrace innovation at scale without sacrificing governance, compliance, or control." The expanded capabilities will be generally available to Cequence customers in June.

Cequence Security Unveils Industry-First Security Layer to Govern and Protect Agentic AI

Enter your email to get Benzinga's ultimate morning update: The PreMarket Activity Newsletter SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cequence Security, a leader in API security and bot management, today announced significant enhancements to its Unified API Protection (UAP) platform to deliver the industry's first comprehensive security solution for agentic AI development, usage, and connectivity. This enhancement empowers organizations to secure every AI agent interaction, regardless of the development framework. By implementing robust guardrails, the solution protects both enterprise-hosted AI applications and external AI APIs, preventing sensitive data exfiltration through business logic abuse and ensuring regulatory compliance. There is no AI without APIs, and the rapid growth of agentic AI applications has amplified concerns about securing sensitive data during their interactions. These AI-driven exchanges can inadvertently expose internal systems, create significant vulnerabilities, and jeopardize valuable data assets. Recognizing this critical challenge, Cequence has expanded its UAP platform, introducing an enhanced security layer to govern interactions between AI agents and backend services specifically. This new layer of security enables customers to detect and prevent AI bots such as ChatGPT from OpenAI and Perplexity from harvesting organizational data. Internal telemetry across Global 2000 deployments shows that the overwhelming majority of AI-related bot traffic, nearly 88%, originates from large language model infrastructure, with most requests obfuscated behind generic or unidentified user agents. Less than 4% of this traffic is transparently attributed to bots like GPTBot or Gemini. Over 97% of it comes from U.S.-based IP addresses, highlighting the concentration of risk in North American enterprises. Cequence's ability to detect and govern this traffic in real time, despite the lack of clear identifiers, reinforces the platform's unmatched readiness for securing agentic AI in the wild. Key enhancements to Cequence's UAP platform include: Block unauthorized AI data harvesting: Understanding that external AI often seeks to learn by broadly collecting data without obtaining permission, Cequence provides organizations with the critical capability to manage which AI, if any, can interact with their proprietary information.Detect and prevent sensitive data exposure: Empowers organizations to effectively detect and prevent sensitive data exposure across all forms of agentic AI. This includes safeguarding against external AI harvesting attempts and securing data within internal AI applications. The platform's intelligent analysis automatically differentiates between legitimate data access during normal application usage and anomalous activities signaling sensitive data exfiltration, ensuring comprehensive protection against AI-related data loss.Discover and manage shadow AI: Automatically discovers and classifies APIs from agentic AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and Salesforce Agentforce, presenting a unified view alongside customers' internal and third-party APIs. This comprehensive visibility empowers organizations to easily manage these interactions and effectively detect and block sensitive data leaks, whether from external AI harvesting or internal AI usage.Seamless integration: Integrates easily into DevOps frameworks for discovering internal AI applications and generates OpenAPI specifications that detail API schemas and security mechanisms, including strong authentication and security policies. Cequence delivers powerful protection without relying on third-party tools, while seamlessly integrating with the customer's existing cybersecurity ecosystem. This simplifies management and security enforcement. "Gartner® predicts that by 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling 15% of day-to-day work decisions to be made autonomously."* "We've taken immediate action to extend our market-leading API security and bot management capabilities," said Ameya Talwalkar, CEO of Cequence. "Agentic AI introduces a new layer of complexity, where every agent behaves like a bidirectional API. That's our wheelhouse. Our platform helps organizations embrace innovation at scale without sacrificing governance, compliance, or control." These extended capabilities will be generally available in June. Additional Resources: Book a meeting with Cequence at RSAC.Learn more about the Cequence Unified API Protection platform.Follow us on LinkedIn and X.com. *Gartner Articles, Intelligent Agents in AI Really Can Work Alone. Here's How., October 2024. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. About Cequence Security Cequence is a pioneer in API security and bot management, protecting the applications and APIs that organizations depend on from attacks, business logic abuse, and fraud. Our unique Unified API Protection platform unites discovery, compliance, and protection capabilities, providing unmatched real-time security in the face of sophisticated threats. Demonstrating value in minutes rather than days or weeks, Cequence offers a flexible deployment model that requires no app instrumentation or modification. Cequence solutions scale to meet the needs of the largest and most demanding private and public sector organizations, protecting more than 8 billion daily API interactions and 3 billion user accounts. To learn more, visit www.cequence.ai. Media Contact Katrina Porter [email protected] Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs