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42Crunch, the pioneer in DevSecOps for API security, announced that its freely available API security testing tools for developers—integrated directly into popular IDEs including VS Code, JetBrains, and Eclipse—has surpassed the 2 million downloads worldwide. This milestone reflects the accelerating demand from CISOs for enterprises to adopt a proactive approach to API security.    As AI workloads multiply and organisations rely more heavily on automated systems that consume vast numbers of APIs, the attack surface is expanding at unprecedented speed. The scale and velocity of this API-driven ecosystem demand security approaches that are fully automated, continuously enforced, and built directly into development workflows. This is driving increased reliance on 42Crunch’s intuitive, shift-left tooling to help teams identify and remediate API vulnerabilities throughout the software development lifecycle—long before they can be exploited in production. Empowering developers to build secure APIs With deep integration into the most widely used IDEs and CI/CD pipelines, 42Crunch empowers developers to validate API contracts, detect misconfigurations, and eliminate vulnerabilities early—before they ever reach production. The platform’s continuous protection model supports organisations as they scale API-first architectures across cloud-native, hybrid, and enterprise environments. Building on this momentum, 42Crunch also launched earlier this year a new freemium version of its API security testing solution, enabling developers and small teams to get started easily and upgrade seamlessly as their API security needs grow. The freemium tiers (free & paid) provide instant IDE access to detailed security scoring, and guided remediation capabilities—bringing enterprise-grade API security within reach of all development teams. Explosion of APIs in modern applications “With the explosion of APIs in modern applications, developers need practical tools that make secure-by-design development the default,” said Jacques Declas, CEO of 42Crunch. “Reaching 2 million downloads is an exciting milestone that reflects the trust both the security and developer communities have placed in our approach. Our new freemium offering gives every developer—whether in a startup or a global enterprise—the ability to secure their APIs from day one.” Launched in the Microsoft Security Store 42Crunch is also proud to announce that its developer tooling is now available in the newly launched Microsoft Security Store, giving Microsoft customers a streamlined way to access and deploy API security testing capabilities across their development environments. This availability strengthens the alignment between the two companies and ensures development and AppSec teams can adopt consistent, automated API security across every stage of the API lifecycle.

42Crunch, a market major in API security, has announced the appointment of Tansel Ismail and Tushar Kothari to its Board of Directors. 42Crunch is experiencing rapid growth as enterprises increasingly embrace a security-by-design approach to address the vulnerabilities inherent in their APIs. These appointments will help 42Crunch strengthen its strategic leadership to serve the growing demand for robust, secure-by-design, scalable API security for enterprises globally. New Board Members appointed Tansel Ismail is a Vice President at Energy Impact Partners (EIP), the lead investor in 42Crunch Tansel Ismail is a Vice President at Energy Impact Partners (EIP), the lead investor in 42Crunch, with deep expertise in cyber security investments across all growth stages. He has partnered with companies like Dragos, Corelight, Attivo Networks (acquired by SentinelOne), and Swimlane, supporting them in scaling from early-stage innovation to global market leadership. Extensive industry experience Tushar Kothari is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in cyber security and SaaS. Tushar was CEO of Attivo Networks, which was sold to Sentinel One for over $600 million. He brings a proven track record of driving exponential growth and operational excellence.  Kothari has successfully scaled multiple organisations and has held senior commercial leadership roles at companies like Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, prior to his role at Attivo Networks. Revolutionise the world of API security "These appointments embody the leadership and expertise that align with their mission at 42Crunch to revolutionise the world of API security," said Jacques Declas, CEO at 42Crunch, adding "With leading enterprise customers across key market industries and over 1.6 million developers now using 42Crunch, these latest appointments will be instrumental in helping us as we expand our API security leadership position globally." "42Crunch is rapidly emerging as the leading API security testing solution, driven by strong adoption across both Fortune 500 enterprises and a vast developer community. The company’s growth reflects the market’s increasing need for security-by-design solutions, and I’m excited to support the team as they continue to scale and redefine API security standards," said Tansel Ismail. API security governance is mission critical "Effective API security governance is mission critical in today’s business environment," said Tushar Kothari, adding "I’m honoured to join 42Crunch’s distinguished team at an exciting point. With AI driving increased usage of APIs, 42Crunch is well positioned to help enterprises navigate the risks and challenges of a rapidly evolving market."

42Crunch, the API security platform company, announced the latest set of API security testing and threat protection capabilities, designed to ensure companies build APIs that are secure by default and don’t impede the developer workflow. Companies will benefit from these latest advancements by enhancing their overall API security governance and compliance while simultaneously speeding up the delivery of secure APIs.  42Crunch API security platform The 42Crunch API security platform is successfully deployed by global 2500 enterprises and government agencies worldwide and now has over 800,000 developers using its services to secure their APIs. According to a Gartner report - software engineering providers should 'build and deliver secure software. Select tools that integrate security seamlessly into developer workflows without compromising developer experience. This ensures that software is ‘secure by default.’ They should adopt tools at each phase of the SDLC—plan, create, verify, pre-production, release, configure and operate.' API security testing services API security testing services into the developer workflow at the IDE and CI/CD levels" Commenting on this latest release, Isabelle Mauny, Field CTO and Co-Founder at 42Crunch said, “Our mission is to help security and development teams work closer together. By integrating our API security testing services into the developer workflow at the IDE and CI/CD levels, we enable a trust but verify approach for security officers to govern the API security process." Isabelle Mauny adds, "Companies are able to reduce developer friction and accelerate the time to market of secure API-driven services.”  Key features The new generation of API security testing engine: Support for scenarios testing Automatic authorisation testing to detect API 1 and API 5 issues Automatic authentication testing to detect API 2 issues Those tests are enriching the existing set of tests used by our major customers which trigger faulty API behaviours that typical hacking would trigger, including injection of data (API6 / API 8) detection of data leakage (API3), or security misconfigurations (API7). Available via CI/CD and from the developer’s IDE Test operation by operation  Easily reproduce issues from within the IDE Filter on the issues which do not comply with company security requirements Detection of compliance problems, as established by the security teams.  This release is made available in a number of developer marketplace IDEs, namely VSCode, Intellij and Eclipse, and will be available on the enterprise platform from July. Visit 42Crunch at Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit-Stand #254.