Hey everyone! We recently avoided a potentially serious situation with an API we had forgotten about in staging. It had way too much exposure, but thankfully, it wasn't breached. Now, our leadership is pushing for better API security practices, including discovery, drift detection, and overall posture management. We're mainly using AWS and Azure, with a bit of GCP, so I'm looking for solutions that can handle all three effectively. I've been checking out Orca, Wiz, and Prisma for their API visibility and multi-cloud capabilities. I'd love to hear from anyone who's actually used these tools or any others you recommend. I want to avoid another solution that just adds to the noise without providing meaningful context.
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We switched from Wiz after their acquisition, and we've been trying Orca since then. One thing that stands out is how it correlates IaC configuration with the current cloud state, catching things like API exposure linked to overly permissive service roles. So far, it’s been working well in our GCP-heavy microservices environment, with solid drift detection between intended and actual exposure. Still too early to fully judge, though.
What made you decide to leave Wiz right after the acquisition? We’re pretty into GCP and looking at Google SecOps, so we thought the acquisition might be a good move.
My organization uses Wallarm, and it works pretty well for us. It integrates directly with nginx, but we mostly use it as a reverse proxy on Docker for our around 350 VPSs.
We’ve cobbled together coverage with Spectral rules, Terraform validation, and ZAP in CI, but it's honestly a maintenance headache and easy to overlook edge cases. Drift detection is a real challenge; something that seemed 'secure' on merge often drifts significantly in production. We’re still on the lookout for a tool that can link IaC intent with actual cloud behavior without slowing down our deployment speeds.
Same here; most of the solutions we've tried just overload the pipeline or flag our staging setup too much.
Honestly, I'm not too impressed with any tool we’ve used. Prisma Cloud did catch some drift, but the setup was a bit rough. I’m tempted to just script out diffs from Swagger instead.
We're not using anything that’s purely API-focused, but Orca did highlight some over-permissive routes during an IAM scan. It wasn't marketed as 'API security,' yet the insights really helped us improve our approach.
That’s helpful. Honestly, any actionable insights feel like a win.
We had an old API from a deprecated service that we forgot was still available. Orca flagged it as an exposed asset due to misconfigured IAM permissions. Although we weren't scanning for APIs at the time, it surfaced with useful context about the owner and access paths that made it hard to ignore. What I liked is that it didn't just say 'this API is exposed'; it explained how the exposure related to data risks and over-permissive roles. Truly valuable information!
That’s the kind of catch I’m hoping for. Did it show up as part of a posture report or did it have a specific API view?
I recommend trying out Cloudflare API Shield. It can easily discover new APIs and apply the necessary controls without too much hassle.
From what we’ve learned, if you're operating across multi-cloud, go agentless or you’ll regret it. Agents can be a nightmare due to different VM types and integration issues. My biggest advice: find a solution that directly pulls from the cloud control plane and supports native drift detection. Bonus points if it ties exposure to identity and data risk, or else it’s just another batch of alerts to ignore.
That sounds promising! Please keep us posted on how it performs over the coming weeks.