A Modern Approach to Cybersecurity Integration

By Wyatt Cobb, Founder and CEO, SOFTwarfare

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Our mission at SOFTwarfare® is to defend our clients’ assets against cyberattack by delivering innovative solutions and leveraging partnerships with industry-leading technology providers. SOFTwarfare was founded by cybersecurity experts with the introduction of a simple software tool that solves one of the most common use cases found in every cybersecurity department - integration.

What makes SOFTwarfare’s products unique?

We believe that organizations should never have to compromise when it comes to cybersecurity. KillerAppz®, our integration platform as a service (iPaaS), was created to help cybersecurity teams standardize their integration methodology, empowering them to build the integration environment that best suits their needs without disrupting the business or compromising security.

  • “By 2022, API abuses will be the most-frequent attack vector resulting in data breaches for enterprise web applications.” - Gartner


The adoption of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) has become the industry standard for cybersecurity integration. APIs are very effective when integrated properly, but many organizations have not developed a holistic plan for cybersecurity integration. They must rely on vendor supplied connectors, point in time consulting services that lack ongoing support, or internally developed solutions dependent on existing staff. Without a methodology in place, organizations can experience operational disruptions when connectors fail, technologies are upgraded, or when key staff leave the organization. The unfortunate reality is by trying to prevent one problem, organizations have created a tangled and overly complex web of API integrations, giving their IT staff yet another process to manage.

iPaaS solutions have proven succesful in accelerating integration projects and reducing integration overhead but have primarily been leveraged by application and development teams. Many IT security departments face similar integration challenges. By leveraging SOFTwarfare’s fully managed iPaaS solution, KillerAppz, for cybersecurity initiatives, organizations can achieve speed, agility, and greater value from their security investments.

Traditional iPaaS solutions are great for sharing information amongst disparate tools throughout the enterprise but still require IT staff to manage the platform and build, secure, monitor, and maintain integrations. Most IT departments lack the bandwidth to effectively manage an iPaaS solution in a cybersecurity setting. Implementing a fully managed iPaaS solution like KillerAppz allows organizations to reduce overhead while still leveraging the full functionality of the platform.

How does KillerAppz add value to clients’ businesses?

Reduce Integration Complexity & Cost

With KillerAppz, our clients can replace overly complex integration environments with a centralized platform, significantly reducing the cost of multiple, single point connectors.

Our mission at SOFTwarfare® is to defend our clients’ assets against cyberattack by delivering innovative solutions and leveraging partnerships with industry-leading technology providers

By establishing a standard methodology for API integration, KillerAppz simplifies time consuming and overly cumbersome manual processes for managing security integrations.

Limit Attack Surfaces

API connections are typically built for functionality not security, leaving you more vulnerable to an API attack. With our centralized integration platform, KillerAppz, clients can reduce attack surfaces by continuously monitoring API integrations to ensure secure and functional connections at all times.

“By 2022, API abuses will be the most-frequent attack vector resulting in data breaches for enterprise web applications.” - Gartner

Build a Tailored Cybersecurity Environment

API integrations have historically been an afterthought when implementing cybersecurity solutions. Organizations feel boxed into certain technologies due to limited compatibility. With KillerAppz, security teams no longer have to compromise when it comes to selecting the technologies that best suit the business. By utilizing a centralized platform, organizations are empowered to select any technology vendor of their choosing without compromising on security or performance.

Improved Response Time

Through the automation and orchestration of security tasks, KillerAppz enables integrations to create faster security response times so security teams can increase efficiency and productivity.

Securely Connect Cloud & On-Premise Applications

KillerAppz can securely connect security technologies regardless if they are implemented on-premises or delivered in the cloud. Additionally, logs from infrastructure (IaaS), platform (PaaS) or software as a service (SaaS) providers can be accessed through APIs to deliver visibility to security teams utilizing security information and event management (SIEM) tools. These APIs can quickly change, so special attention needs to be paid to monitoring the APIs for functionality and health to ensure that data is properly and securely shared.

Vendor selection is crucial for implementing an iPaaS solution. To truly utilize a fully managed iPaaS, companies must find a vendor partner with extensive security and integration experience. This will ensure an organization can get the most out of their cybersecurity investments and have the peace of mind that their mission critical integrations will be secure and functional.

What’s new in SOFTwarfare’s latest offerings?

Our talented development team at SOFTwarfare continues to deliver innovative technologies with the launch of our next generation, biometric multi-factor authentication solution, BioThenticate®. The addition of this proprietary biometric technology allows us to better serve our customers by enabling a zero trust security methodology and embracing a passwordless future.

Businesses must access highly sensitive corporate data, applications and systems remotely more than ever before. BioThenticate provides businesses with the most secure form of multi-factor authentication by utilizing proprietary high-speed iris, facial, and fingerprint recognition to authenticate users in a matter of seconds. In fact, BioThenticate is the only MFA tool with an iris scanning feature.

As cyber attacks continually become more sophisticated in nature, threat actors are often able to bypass traditional MFA methods through common social engineering and technical attacks. Biometric authentication provides an increased level of security by requiring a physical attribute to confirm the user’s identity, further safeguarding your most important data.

About SOFTwarfare

SOFTwarfare® is a cybersecurity software company that defends assets from cyberattack by securing mission critical integrations and users, delivering a secure Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) and next-generation, biometric multi-factor authentication (MFA).

About the Author

Wyatt Cobb is the founder and CEO of SOFTwarfare and has 15 years of experience in cybersecurity and risk management software. Wyatt has experienced firsthand the chaos that integrations can cause when they are not given the attention and resources they require. He brings deep domain expertise in cloud, hardware, and software-based cybersecurity risk analysis, as well as SaaS and on-premise deployed audit and compliance solutions.

To learn more about how to leverage KillerAppz® to transform integrations and achieve cybersecurity outcomes, check out the full white paper: A Modern Approach to Cybersecurity Integration.