How Rakuten SixthSense Helps You Secure Your APIs in Real-Time

Why API Security Matters More Than Ever

APIs power the modern digital world, enabling seamless communication between applications, microservices, and cloud environments. However, APIs have also become the #1 attack vector, with threats like API abuse, unauthorized access, and data breaches on the rise.

🚨 By 2025, API-related security incidents are expected to account for over 90% of all web-based attacks. Businesses that fail to secure their APIs in real-time risk data leaks, financial losses, and compliance violations.

This is where Rakuten SixthSense steps in. Our AI-powered API security observability platform provides real-time monitoring, anomaly detection, and automated threat mitigation to safeguard your APIs against evolving security threats.

The API Security Challenges Businesses Face

• 🔓 Unauthorized API Access: Weak authentication mechanisms allow hackers to steal sensitive data.
• 🌪 DDoS & API Abuse: Attackers exploit API endpoints with excessive requests, causing service disruptions.
• 📡 Shadow & Zombie APIs: Unmanaged or outdated APIs create security blind spots.
• ⚠️ Business Logic Attacks: Cybercriminals manipulate API workflows to bypass security measures.
• 💣 Data Leaks & Injection Attacks: Poorly protected APIs expose sensitive information to attackers.

✅ Rakuten SixthSense eliminates these risks with real-time API security observability, automated anomaly detection, and proactive threat prevention.

How Rakuten SixthSense Secures Your APIs in Real-Time

1. Real-Time API Traffic Monitoring & Anomaly Detection

🔍 Challenge: Traditional security tools rely on static rules, making them ineffective against new and evolving API threats.

✅ Rakuten SixthSense Solution:

• Continuously analyzes API traffic patterns in real-time.
• Uses AI-driven anomaly detection to flag unusual API behaviors.
• Identifies unauthorized API access, high-risk requests, and potential security breaches before they cause harm.

2. AI-Powered Threat Intelligence & Automated Response

🚨 Challenge: Security teams struggle to keep up with API threats due to high alert volumes and manual response limitations.

✅ Rakuten SixthSense Solution:

• Utilizes machine learning models to detect and respond to zero-day API threats.
• Provides real-time threat intelligence based on global API attack patterns.
• Automates threat mitigation by blocking malicious API traffic instantly.

3. Zero Trust API Security & Access Controls

🔑 Challenge: APIs often rely on weak authentication, allowing unauthorized users to exploit sensitive endpoints.

✅ Rakuten SixthSense Solution:

• Implements zero-trust API security, requiring continuous authentication.
• Supports OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and multi-factor authentication (MFA).
• Enforces role-based access control (RBAC) and least privilege principles to limit API exposure.

4. Shadow & Zombie API Discovery

👻 Challenge: Many businesses unknowingly expose unused, outdated, or undocumented APIs that hackers can exploit.

✅ Rakuten SixthSense Solution:

• Continuously scans your environment to discover and map all active APIs.
• Detects shadow APIs, zombie APIs, and deprecated endpoints.
• Provides automated alerts and risk assessments for unmanaged APIs.

5. Business Logic Attack Prevention

⚠️ Challenge: Attackers increasingly target API business logic flaws, manipulating transactions, order systems, or authentication flows.

✅ Rakuten SixthSense Solution:

• Uses behavioral analytics to detect API workflow manipulations.
• Identifies fraudulent API requests, such as unauthorized refunds or fake transactions.
• Enforces security rules to prevent logic abuse in real-time.

6. API Security Observability & Compliance

📜 Challenge: Organizations must comply with GDPR, CCPA, PCI-DSS, and other security regulations that require full API visibility.

✅ Rakuten SixthSense Solution:

• Provides real-time API security logs and forensic analysis.
• Ensures audit-ready compliance reporting for API security incidents.
• Supports integration with SIEM tools for centralized threat analysis.

Why Choose Rakuten SixthSense for API Security?

• ✔ Real-Time API Protection: Detects and stops attacks before they escalate.
• ✔ AI-Driven Threat Intelligence: Learns from attack patterns and continuously evolves.
• ✔ Seamless Integration: Works with your existing API gateways, WAFs, and security tools.
• ✔ Full API Lifecycle Security: Monitors development, deployment, and runtime security.
• ✔ Enterprise-Grade Compliance: Meets regulatory security standards effortlessly.

How to Get Started with Rakuten SixthSense API Security

1. Deploy in Minutes – Easily integrate Rakuten SixthSense with your API gateways and cloud environments.
2. Enable AI-Powered Monitoring – Activate real-time API security observability and anomaly detection.
3. Automate API Threat Mitigation – Set up automated responses to stop threats instantly.
4. Gain Full API Security Insights – Get real-time dashboards, compliance reports, and API risk analysis.

Secure Your APIs Before Attackers Exploit Them

🔹 APIs are under attack—real-time security is no longer optional.

🔹 Traditional security solutions can’t keep up with evolving API threats.

🔹 Rakuten SixthSense provides end-to-end API security observability, AI-driven threat detection, and automated response.

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