Synopsis

Take control of API sprawl, and proactively mitigate API risk, by using Levo’s frictionless & privacy-preserving API observability solution!

Architecture Shift Driving API Proliferation

Rapid adoption of microservices is driving API proliferation, making the management, governance, and securing of APIs a nightmare for development teams and managers.

You Cannot Secure What You Cannot See

Visibility of APIs is a fundamental necessity for security & governance. Yet most organizations are unable to answer the following critical questions:

• What APIs do I have?
• Are OpenAPI schemas for the APIs documented and maintained?
• Which APIs process sensitive data?
• Which users access which APIs, under what roles (or scopes)?
• Which APIs are external vs. internal?

Current API Observability Methods Cause High Friction

Several vendors try answering the above questions using conventional observability methods, based on Traffic Mirroring (packet capture), In-App Agents, or Sidecar Proxy Agents.

All these techniques require application code/config changes, lead to increased application latency, and increased operational overhead (additional steps during deployment, debugging, upgrading, etc.)

Conventional tools result in high friction & finger pointing between Developers, Operations, and Security.

Levo Supercharges API Observability Via eBPF

Instant Observability with Zero Friction

Levo’s agent-less, and privacy-preserving instrumentation provides API observability throughout the API development lifecycle, via a revolutionary technology called eBPF.

Below are top benefits of Levo’s API observability solution:

• Instant observability for your APIs, roles, and users.
• Agent-less, and does not require code or configuration changes to your applications.
• Completely passive, and not inline with the application.
• No impact to the application’s latency.
• No impact to daily operational workflows (deployment, debugging, upgrading, etc.).
• Eliminates friction between Developers, Operations, and Security, that is common with conventional tools.
• Full TLS / SSL visibility for all applications and services. TLS observability does not require sharing of private keys.

Your API Data Stays with You

Typical vendors providing API observability, will ingest all your API data into their SaaS, and put the burden of redacting sensitive customer data on you.

Levo’s Privacy Preserving technology, does not ingest any of your API data into SaaS. Levo discovers and documents your APIs using only data type inferences performed in the Satellite component (that runs within your VPC/premises).

Auto Document APIs with Sensitive Data Annotations

Auto discover and auto generate OpenAPI specifications for all your APIs. OpenAPI specifications are annotated with sensitive data types (PII, PSI, PHI, etc).

Leverage Realtime API Logs for Debugging

Realtime stream of your API logs, aid in debugging/fixing data mismatch, and contract related breaking changes that affect critical API integrations.

Interested in trying Levo’s API Observability?

Levo is a purpose-built, developer-first API security solution that fully automates API Observability & Testing in CI/CD pipelines.

Contact us at info@levo.ai, for more details on eBPF based API Observability.