API sprawl continues to grow across organizations, yet most security teams still struggle with visibility, delayed deployments, and fragmented inventories. Addressing this persistent gap,
Salt Security has launched
Salt Illuminate, a new platform designed to simplify and accelerate how enterprises secure their APIs.
Salt Illuminate removes the need for manual configuration, prior architectural knowledge, or extended deployment timelines. With a self-service onboarding wizard and seamless cloud-native connections, teams can connect Salt to their environments and begin mapping their entire API attack surface within minutes.
Once deployed, Salt Illuminate provides security teams with a unified view of both known and unknown APIs—including shadow, zombie, third-party, and legacy endpoints. This real-time visibility enables organizations to reduce their attack surface, detect behavioral threats, and better understand how APIs interact with AI agents, bots, and other services that may introduce risk.
The platform also helps automate compliance posture checks by evaluating each API for misconfigurations, broken authentication, and overexposure. Using Salt’s API Policy Hub, organizations can align deployments with regulatory frameworks like NIST, PCI, NYDFS 500, and OWASP—reducing audit fatigue and supporting ongoing governance efforts.
Another core capability is data security. Salt Illuminate tracks sensitive data in motion, such as PII and PHI, across APIs. This allows security teams to enforce access policies and meet emerging data security posture management (DSPM) requirements.
Salt Illuminate is designed for fast, frictionless deployment in large-scale environments. It requires no traffic routing, no agents, and minimal setup. Within minutes, organizations gain a visual map of their entire API landscape, along with high-fidelity alerts and proactive controls to secure business-critical systems.
