Securing applications and APIs with AI-powered security tools

How organisations can use agentic AI to deliver proactive and automated penetration testing of applications and APIs

 

Large organisations are accelerating digital delivery to stay competitive, launching new applications, expanding API ecosystems, and integrating AI-driven services at unprecedented speed. But as innovation velocity increases, organisations need technology that allows them to move fast without being exposed to unnecessary risk.

 

For security leaders, this creates a structural challenge. Applications and APIs evolve continuously, while threat actors operate with automation and persistence. As a result, intermittent penetration tests are no longer fit for purpose. When even the scoping of new tests can take several weeks, a regime of periodic penetration testing can never keep up with rapid change.

 

Intead, there is a need for a shift in approach from reactive offensive security towards proactive and continuous. Pen tests need to be conducted constantly, so that new vulnerabilities, including those hidden within complex workflows and forgotten applications, are identified before they are exploited.

 

This type of approach can be achieved by using an agentic AI hacking solution that is constantly probing the organisation’s defences. By supplementing human skills with the 24/7 surveillance of automated hacking, organisations can respond to the risks of constant change.

 

Join us to network with your peers and gain practical insights into delivering effective application and API security. This is an exclusive event and seat numbers are very limited, so apply for your place now.

 

The topics we will explore

 

During the meeting, we will focus on questions such as:

• Why is it difficult to manage the security of APIs? Does your testing schedule align with deployment cycles, and what effect does this have on cyber-security?
• How can organisations secure themselves against evolving cyber-risks? What are the benefits of continuous penetration testing, and how can it be achieved?
• How can agentic AI be used as part of a continuous pen-testing regime to minimise risks to APIs?
• What role do humans play alongside AI-powered penetration testing?

Who is invited?

 

This sponsored dinner is designed for senior information security decision-makers across financial services, retail, energy, telco, transport and healthcare, who wish to discuss application and API security. Delegates will be employed as API security specialists, CISOs and senior information security professionals in medium-sized and large organisations.

 

Be one of 12 senior security professionals attending this event at the House of Lords in central London. For any enquiries, please contact Mergim Begolli on 020 8349 6458 or email m.begolli@business-reporter.co.uk.

 

The discussion is brought to you by Equixly and is only for senior executives as described above. Registrations of junior professionals, consultants, solution providers or other sellers to this market won’t be accepted. To be eligible, you must be employed by a corporate legal entity such as a private company; if you are a sole trader or in a partnership other than a legally incorporated one, we will be unable to offer you a place.

 

This event is free of charge to attend.

 

When you register, we will ask you for your corporate email address, which we will share only with the event sponsor(s). See our privacy policy.