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Tuesday, November 08 2022 - 23:00
AsiaNet
Wib Raises $16 Million Investment to Accelerate Growth and Tackle Rising API Security Problem
TEL AVIV, Israel, November, 8, 2022, /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Wib(https://wib.com/), the fast-growth cybersecurity startup pioneering a new 
era in API security, today announced a $16 million investment led by Koch 
Disruptive Technologies (KDT)(https://kochdisruptivetechnologies.com/#20e20f2), 
the growth and venture arm of Koch Industries, Inc, with participation from 
Kmehin Ventures, Venture Israel, Techstars and existing investors. The 
investment will be used to enhance Wib's pioneering holistic API security 
platform and accelerate international growth as it expands operations across 
the Americas, UK and EMEA.

API security is one of the biggest challenges facing CIOs today. Traditional 
API security solutions are siloed and fragmented, leaving CIOs with a choice of 
multiple point products or bolt-on integrations to create a patchworked 
solution. This results in increased cost and complexity, reduced visibility and 
control, and greater exposure to risk.

Wib's holistic API security platform is the only solution to provide complete 
visibility across the entire API landscape, from code to production, helping 
unify software developers, cyber defenders, and CIOs around a single holistic 
view of their complete API domain. By delivering rigorous real-time inspection, 
management, and control at every stage of the API lifecycle, Wib can automate 
inventory and API change management; identify rogue, zombie and shadow APIs and 
analyse business risk and impact, helping organisations to reduce and harden 
their API attack surface.

"APIs have become the Achilles heel of cyber defenses and the number one threat 
vector for cyber-attacks," stated Gil Don, CEO and Co-Founder of Wib. "APIs 
account for 91% of today's internet traffic with over 50% being invisible to 
business IT and security teams. These unknown, unmanaged, and unsecured APIs 
are creating massive blind spots for CIOs that expose critical business logic 
vulnerabilities and increase risk.

"What's more, traditional and legacy web security approaches, like WAFs and API 
Gateways, were never designed to protect against modern logic-based 
vulnerabilities. The Wib platform has been purposely built for an API driven 
world creating a new category of API native security."

A recent report by industry research firm GigaOm, placed Wib as a "fast mover" 
in the "leaders" category, stating, "Wib is a new company but brings a strong 
enough offering to jump straight into the leaders category" and "Wib is a new 
entrant in this space, but it offers a comprehensive solution." Wib was also 
called out for its capability in "source code analysis with an eye toward API 
weaknesses is Wib's greatest strength." The report ranks Wib's API Runtime 
Protection, Monitoring and Reporting as exceptional in its focus and execution. 
This is a real testament to the Wib's innovative API security platform and 
approach.

About Wib

Wib is pioneering a new era in API security with its industry first holistic 
API security platform. Providing continuous and complete visibility and control 
across the entire API ecosystem, Wib enables developers to code with confidence 
and security teams to secure with surety.

Wib's elite team of developers, attackers, defenders and seasoned cybersecurity 
professionals draw on real-world experience and expertise to help define and 
develop innovative technology solutions that enable customers with the 
identity, inventory and integrity of every API, wherever it may be within the 
development lifecycle, without compromising development or stifling innovation.

Wib is Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel with international presence in 
Houston, USA and London, UK. It was founded in August 2021 by serial 
entrepreneur Gil Don (CEO), Ran Ohayon (CRO) and Tal Steinherz who previously 
served as the CTO of Israel's national cyber directorate.

Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1938360/Wib_Logo.jpg

Wib US contact: 
Nazli Ekim 
Zonic Group 
nekim@zonicgroup.com 
+44 (0)7384 220223 
+1 (917) 355-9650

Wib UK contact:
Mark Waite
Cohesive Communications
markw@wearecohesive.com 
+44 (0)7774 265444

Source: Wib
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