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Wallarm, a leader in API security, announced significant milestones in product innovation, open-source contributions, team expansion, and industry education to address escalating threats to APIs and AI-driven systems.
Wallarm continued its rapid expansion in 2025, increasing its workforce by 41% to meet surging global demand for specialized API and AI security expertise. To support this next phase of scaling, the company strengthened its executive team with two strategic appointments.
Shayne Higdon joined as Chief Operating Officer. “We are at an inflection point in security. AI is rapidly becoming embedded in every critical system or application, APIs are now the dominant interface to the digital enterprise, and the industry’s traditional perimeter-based assumptions no longer hold. Most organizations are operating with limited visibility into this new risk surface. “Wallarm is addressing this risk directly. We provide the visibility, protection, and governance required to secure APIs and AI systems at scale, which enables innovation without compromising resilience or trust. This is not a transient market opportunity, but rather a structural change in how security must be delivered. Wallarm is positioned to define and lead this category over the long term.”
Craig Riddell was appointed Field CISO. “Wallarm really understands what CISOs need,” Riddell points out. “The connection between APIs and AI is clear, and CISOs are looking for tools that do more than just walk the walk. The number one piece of feedback I heard from customers that makes me excited to join Wallarm is that the product really does what we say it does.”
These hires underscore Wallarm’s commitment to operational scaling, deeper customer alignment, and translating API security into tangible business value.
As API adoption accelerates, Wallarm introduced capabilities designed to deliver precise protection against sophisticated attacks without impacting legitimate operations.
API Session Blocking allows security teams to surgically terminate malicious API sessions based on behavior and context, preserving seamless access for authorized users and machine-to-machine communications. This moves beyond coarse IP-based blocking to session-level enforcement suited for high-volume environments.
Dynamic API Security Testing now includes Schema-Based Testing, which uses API schemas as the authoritative source to detect vulnerabilities earlier in development. This approach minimizes false positives, accelerates remediation, and supports shift-left security practices before code reaches production.
Wallarm reinforced its dedication to open security research by releasing MCPJail, a new open-source tool available at https://mcpjail.com/. MCPJail enables developers and security teams to safely test and contain Model Context Protocol servers powering AI agents and applications. As AI agents increasingly interact via APIs, MCPJail reduces exposure during experimentation and integration. It joins Wallarm’s established open-source projects such as GoTestWAF and API Firewall.
To address the growing API security skills gap, Wallarm launched Wallarm University. The inaugural offering is a free API Security Certification course developed by industry experts. The hands-on program covers practical training on current API threats, with emphasis on the OWASP API Top 10, equipping practitioners to identify and mitigate modern attacks effectively.
Wallarm’s momentum is reflected in multiple prestigious awards, including the Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award for Best API Security Platform, recognition as an “Edge Tech Champion” at The Fast Mode Awards, inclusion on The Fast Mode 100 list, and the Datos Impact Award for Best Innovation in AI-Related API Vulnerability Detection & Recovery.
About Wallarm
Wallarm is the only unified platform for API and agentic AI security successfully deployed in enterprise production environments. With Wallarm, customers receive the fastest, easiest, and most effective way to stop API attacks. Organizations choose Wallarm to protect their APIs and AI agents because the platform delivers a complete inventory of APIs, real-time blocking, and patented AI/ML-based abuse detection. Wallarm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is backed by Toba Capital, Y Combinator, Partech, and other investors.
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