Case Study: Major Telecom Company strengthens API security with ProKarma

Telecom solves data breach with API security

Major Telecom Company, a major U.S. telecom provider, was facing repeated attempted attacks and growing risk of PR and legal damage due to weak API security. ProKarma assessed their existing API practices and identified gaps in implementation, API categorization, risk oversight, and KPI tracking, while also working with the company’s API platform environment, including Apigee.

ProKarma used its 88-point evaluation protocol to stress test more than 18,000 APIs, band them by risk, and prioritize remediation. This led to blocking 30 highly exposed APIs, supporting incident response for anomalous traffic and the D2C mobile app, and guiding penetration testing and remediation; ProKarma is now helping extend the work into a CI/CD model with automation, code inspection, and API contract review to secure the full API portfolio more sustainably.