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Sensitive Data

Detect Sensitive Data

Detect Sensitive Data

Use Akto to discover to Identify sensitive, compliance and PII data across all your APIs automatically to ensure no critical information is overlooked.

Use Akto to discover to Identify sensitive, compliance and PII data across all your APIs automatically to ensure no critical information is overlooked.

Akto API inventory
Akto API inventory
Akto API inventory

APIs handle sensitive business data, PII data and financial information.

APIs handle sensitive business data, PII data and financial information.

Detecting and securing this sensitive data is crucial to protect your organization from data breaches, regulatory non-compliance, and reputational damage.

Detecting and securing this sensitive data is crucial to protect your organization from data breaches, regulatory non-compliance, and reputational damage.

Automated Sensitive Data Discovery at Enterprise Scale

Automated Sensitive Data Discovery at Enterprise Scale

Use Akto to detect, monitor, and protect sensitive data in your APIs, ensuring robust security and compliance.

Leverage Akto to discover all your APIs, gain visibility into API traffic, ensure complete API coverage no

Leverage Akto to discover all your APIs, gain visibility into API traffic, ensure complete API coverage no

Protect Sensitive Data Exposure

Proactively detect and protect sensitive data in your APIs, reducing the risk of data breaches and unauthorized access. Akto comes with a massive PII database that's customizable and expandable.

100+ Data types library

Leverage our extensive library of over 100 data types to detect sensitive information across various domains - PII, healthcare data, financial data. sensitive tokens and keys.

Add Custom Data Type

Define custom rules to detect specific types of sensitive data relevant to your organization. Use advanced algorithms to match patterns of sensitive data across different data types.

Data privacy and compliance

Use Akto to generate compliance reports for regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS. Assign risk scores to sensitive data based on exposure and sensitivity.

Akto is the API Security Choice for Customers

It is rewarded as High performer in API Security and DAST Categories by G2

DAST

DAST

API Security

API Security

Akto named as Representative Vendor in 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for API Protection

Cybersecurity attacks that use APIs as an attack vector constitute a major threat to your sensitive data. Get this market guide to see how tools like Akto can help secure your organization’s APIs.

Why Choose Akto?

Why Choose Akto?

Deploy Akto in just 20 minutes across 100,000+ APIs. Book a call to get dedicated deployment and onboarding assistance.

Deploy Akto in just 20 minutes across 100,000+ APIs. Book a call to get dedicated deployment and onboarding assistance.

All APIs

Internal, External, Third Party

REST

GraphQL

gRPC

SOAP APIs

Multi-Cloud Support

On premise

GCP

AWS

Azure

Sensitive Data Exposure

PII Data

Protected Health Information

Financial data

Industry-specific sensitive data

Custom Data Types

Frequently asked questions

What is sensitive data exposure in APIs?

Sensitive data exposure, as defined in the OWASP Top Ten, is a security vulnerability where an application unintentionally discloses confidential or sensitive information-such as personal user data, financial records, or login credentials-to unauthorized parties or systems through APIs.

What is sensitive data exposure in APIs?

Sensitive data exposure, as defined in the OWASP Top Ten, is a security vulnerability where an application unintentionally discloses confidential or sensitive information-such as personal user data, financial records, or login credentials-to unauthorized parties or systems through APIs.

What is sensitive data exposure in APIs?

Sensitive data exposure, as defined in the OWASP Top Ten, is a security vulnerability where an application unintentionally discloses confidential or sensitive information-such as personal user data, financial records, or login credentials-to unauthorized parties or systems through APIs.

Does the Akto platform support compliance checks related to sensitive data?

Yes, it helps ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA by identifying sensitive data exposure.

Does the Akto platform support compliance checks related to sensitive data?

Yes, it helps ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA by identifying sensitive data exposure.

Does the Akto platform support compliance checks related to sensitive data?

Yes, it helps ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA by identifying sensitive data exposure.

Can I customize the data types on Akto?

Yes, Akto allows you to define and create custom data types to flag as sensitive.

Can I customize the data types on Akto?

Yes, Akto allows you to define and create custom data types to flag as sensitive.

Can I customize the data types on Akto?

Yes, Akto allows you to define and create custom data types to flag as sensitive.

Does Akto platform rate the severity of exposed data in APIs?

Yes, Akto platform assigns risk scores to APIs based on sensitive data exposure and vulnerabilities identified during testing in the API.

Does Akto platform rate the severity of exposed data in APIs?

Yes, Akto platform assigns risk scores to APIs based on sensitive data exposure and vulnerabilities identified during testing in the API.

Does Akto platform rate the severity of exposed data in APIs?

Yes, Akto platform assigns risk scores to APIs based on sensitive data exposure and vulnerabilities identified during testing in the API.

What if I have more questions

Please don't hesitate to reach us at help@akto.io

What if I have more questions

Please don't hesitate to reach us at help@akto.io

What if I have more questions

Please don't hesitate to reach us at help@akto.io

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