APIs now sit at the center of digital business, connecting apps, cloud services, partners, AI-enabled experiences, and customers. That also makes them a larger and more attractive attack surface.
For security teams, API security is no longer just about inventory or alerts. It is about knowing what is exposed, understanding how risk changes in production, and stopping abuse before it reaches backend systems.
That is the context behind the latest SPARK Matrix™: API Security, 2026, where QKS Group positioned Radware as a Leader. The report looks at Radware's approach across discovery, testing, runtime posture management, and active mitigation.
According to QKS Group analyst Lokesh Biswal:
“Radware stands out in API security by combining continuous discovery, contextual testing, runtime posture management, and active mitigation in a single platform, which gives buyers more than just visibility into their attack surface. Its strongest value is the ability to detect and block business logic abuse and API-layer DDoS in real time, making it well suited for enterprises that need deep protection across complex, hybrid environments.”
What Stood Out to QKS
QKS highlighted Radware's ability to move beyond API visibility into active runtime protection. The report points to Radware's ability to detect and block API threats in production, helping organizations reduce the gap between identifying a risk and stopping an attack. It also calls out continuous API discovery tied to enforcement, giving teams a more accurate view of their real attack surface, including shadow and unmanaged APIs.
Another key differentiator was Radware's approach to business logic attacks. By using AI-driven workflow learning and sequence analysis, the platform is designed to detect misuse of legitimate API activity that traditional controls can miss. QKS also noted Radware's flexible deployment options and proprietary SecurePath® API-based out-of-path architecture in particular, which makes it easier to secure complex multi-cloud and on-prem hybrid environments with minimal disruption.
Why This Recognition Matters
The SPARK Matrix™ evaluates vendors based on Technology Excellence and Customer Impact. Radware's position as a Leader reflects capabilities that map closely to what many organizations are trying to solve now: discover the APIs they actually have, test and understand risk earlier, enforce protection in production, and mitigate abuse as it happens.
As API environments become more distributed and AI-driven attacks continue to increase speed and scale, this end-to-end view becomes more important. API security needs to cover the path from code to runtime without forcing teams to stitch together disconnected tools.
The full QKS report goes deeper into the evaluation criteria, vendor comparison, and the specific capabilities behind Radware's Leader position. For teams reassessing API security strategy, it is worth reading the report to understand where the market is heading and how Radware was evaluated.
Download the full report: SPARK Matrix™: DDoS Mitigation, Q3 2026 | Radware