Gartner® Market Guide for Cloud Web Application and API Protection

Gartner® Market Guide

Published July 2024

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This Gartner® Market Guide is for Security and Risk Management leaders to analyze the cloud WAAP market and select solutions that meet their organization's needs.

Gartner notes that: “Cloud WAAP provided as a service is now the dominant form factor to consider when selecting and acquiring WAAP services."

In addition, Gartner notes that: “API protection and security is now a primary interest and driver in the process of selecting cloud web application and API protection (cloud WAAP) solutions.”

This report also recommends to “Prioritize vendors with strong API discovery capabilities and security beyond basic payload parsing and signature-based protections.”