State of Web Application and API Protection 2022

State of Web Application and API Protection 2022

As cyber security threats become more sophisticated and malicious, it’s crucial to stay ahead of the cyber security trends to keep your business and multi-channel assets protected. Each year, CDNetworks analyzes the data from the security platform and provides accurate insights into web application and API attacks through the WAAP Report.

The latest WAAP report revealed a surge trend for all types of attacks:

  • CDNetworks’ security platform monitors and intercepts an average of 439,200 DDoS attack incidents per day, a year-on-year increase of 103.8%.
  • 45.127 billion web application attacks were detected and blocked throughout the year, an increase of 96.35% compared to 2021.
  • The percentage of attacks against APIs exceeding 50% for the first time in 2022, reaching 58.4%.
  • The CDNetworks security platform monitored a total of 163,185 million bot attacks throughout 2022, which was 1.93 times higher in 2021, and 4.55 times higher than in 2020.
  • And more…

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