Case Study: Ulta Beauty achieves API visibility and stronger security collaboration with Cequence Security API Sentinel

Ulta Beauty uncovers API risks in hours with Cequence Security

Ulta Beauty, a large multinational cosmetics retailer, faced the challenge of regaining control of its sprawling and undocumented API footprint due to its distributed global development teams. This lack of visibility created significant security risks that the CISO was determined to address in 2021. They selected Cequence Security and its API Sentinel product to provide the necessary runtime visibility and analysis.

Cequence Security implemented its API Sentinel solution in a hybrid SaaS deployment, which was completed in hours. The product successfully discovered all APIs, identified security gaps like inadvertently exposed internal APIs and authentication errors, and even detected and blocked malicious reconnaissance activity. The results gave Ulta Beauty complete visibility, allowed them to remediate risks before they became incidents, and drove better collaboration between their security and development teams.

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