but far less so for requests that appear legitimate – something frontier AI has mastered.
These agents understand what your applications are trying to do. They can find authentication loopholes, exploit legitimate API connections to gain unauthorised access, and manipulate payment and transaction workflows in ways that traditional filters were never designed to detect.
External-facing web applications and APIs are becoming prime targets precisely because they sit at the intersection of high business value and complex logic that older defence layers can’ t reason about. You need defences that understand your application’ s intended behaviour at a deeper level. The edge isn’ t enough on its own anymore.
“ You need defences that understand your application’ s intended behaviour at a deeper level”
Vaibhav Dutta Vice President and Global Head of Cybersecurity Products and Services Tata Communications
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