Cloud APIs and user interfaces are highly exposed components of a cloud environment and have become prime targets for hackers. API attacks experienced a staggering 168.8% increase in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period in 20215. Roughly 5 billion (31%) of the 16.7 billion malicious requests observed targeted unknown, unmanaged, and unprotected APIs, also known as shadow APIs6. This makes shadow APIs the top threat facing cloud environments.