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API Security Suites comparison №8

42Crunch vs sqreen

Data breaches through an unprotected API endpoint are much more common than we would like to admit. Thus, it is very important to secure your business from various forms of malicious attacks. API penetration testing is the best way of doing this, and purpose-built API Security Suites or APISS is another helpful approach.

This article compares 42Crunch vs sqreen, to help you choose the best technology for your particular needs. Keep in mind though, that there is no silver bullet, so any of the APISS we described in this series is only a tool, not a panacea. Used as a part of a skilled cybersecurity team's toolkit, it will help provide secure API authentication and API authorisation for your GraphQL and REST APIs. Used as a standalone platform, it will not ensure the full security of your systems.
42Crunch
42Crunch concentrates on ensuring API security above all. Due to a configurable workflow centered at building a positive security model, it allows automating cybersecurity checks as a part of your CI/CD DevOps pipelines, using an Open API/Swagger file. Covering quite a few of essential OWASP API TOP-10 vulnerabilities and able to integrate seamlessly with popular DevSecOps tools, 42Crunch can become a worthy choice for any security-centered team.
sqreen
sqreen is a tool 800+ cybersecurity teams trust to detect threats in various parts of their distributed infrastructure. By combining user behaviour analysis and automated checks with in-depth code performance monitoring, sqreen creates a unique RASP model able to discover malicious actions and block them without affecting legitimate traffic.

Update: sqreen has been acquired by Datadog and no longer can be evaluated as stand-alone API Security Suite.
42Crunch and sqreen: Key Differences
Summary
42Crunch and sqreen have their own focus - sqreen concentrates on working with distributed architectures through enabling distributed tracing and integrates with Splunk SIEM to form a unified view of your cybersecurity posture.

Simultaneously, 42Crunch benefits from seamless integrations with popular DevOps tools to provide an ingrained automated check on the fly.

If you are not ready to consider procurement of a tool - you can check out our API Penetration Testing Service.
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