API ecosystems have grown rapidly in both size and complexity bringing with them new security challenges. Salt Security and CrowdStrike have introduced a set of integrated capabilities aimed at closing critical gaps in API security. The joint solution is designed to streamline API discovery, improve posture governance, and accelerate threat response—functions that have historically required significant manual effort or disjointed tools.
At the core of this collaboration is the new Salt Security Falcon Foundry Application. Available to all CrowdStrike customers, the app allows Salt’s API sensor to be rapidly deployed onto Falcon-managed endpoints. This eliminates the need for complex configurations and gives organizations an immediate view of their API landscape. Once deployed, the sensor begins ingesting API traffic metadata in near real time, providing automated asset discovery and mapping the attack surface with minimal overhead.
Enriching Detection with Falcon Next-Gen SIEM
Beyond initial discovery, the integration extends into CrowdStrike’s Next-Gen SIEM. API data captured by Salt Security can be ingested into Falcon's broader security environment with a single click. This native integration enhances existing datasets from endpoints, identity, and cloud services, creating a consolidated view of potential threats across the enterprise. The result is more informed detection logic and faster remediation of API-based attacks.
Proactive Security Through Unified Telemetry
The combination of Salt’s telemetry and Falcon’s SIEM architecture enables security teams to proactively manage risk. Rather than relying solely on reactive measures, teams can monitor for behavioral anomalies, unauthorized access patterns, or data exfiltration attempts directly within the Falcon console.
The increasing frequency of API-related breaches makes this type of integration more than a convenience—it’s a necessary step in managing distributed infrastructure. With the ability to assign target hosts, capture API traffic, and operationalize insights in real time, security teams are better equipped to address both known and emerging threats.
As digital ecosystems become more interdependent, protecting APIs requires more than point solutions. The Salt-CrowdStrike integrations are a clear example of how embedded, cross-platform security capabilities can help organizations adapt to a shifting threat landscape while reducing operational complexity.
Opportunities for MSSP
For MSSPs (Managed Security Services Providers), the Salt Security and CrowdStrike integrations represent a strategic opportunity to expand service offerings in the fast-growing API security space. As clients increasingly rely on APIs to run core business functions, MSSPs are expected to not only monitor traditional endpoints and networks, but also secure complex API ecosystems. With Salt’s native integration into the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, MSSPs can now deliver API discovery, risk assessment, and threat detection as part of a unified service stack—without deploying or managing separate security tools.
This integration also enhances operational efficiency for MSSPs. The streamlined deployment via Falcon Foundry, combined with automated ingestion of API telemetry into Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, reduces onboarding time and simplifies visibility across client environments. By consolidating API data with other threat intelligence streams—such as identity, endpoint, and cloud—MSSPs gain a more complete view of attack surfaces. This allows for faster detection, correlation, and incident response, enabling MSSPs to offer higher-value services with reduced complexity and overhead.
