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- The MCP trifecta: three conditions that turn AI agents into your riskiest API clients
- security
- ai
- api-management
Privileged access, untrusted input, and an external channel: when all three meet, AI agents exfiltrate data. What to enforce at the gateway in 2026.
Read article - Zerq vs Kong vs AWS API Gateway: a no-BS comparison for enterprises
- comparisons
- enterprise
- architecture
Self-hosted platform vs plugin-based gateway vs AWS managed API front door. The dimensions to compare Zerq, Kong, and AWS API Gateway on.
Read article - 38% of Organizations Learn About Their API Breaches From Outsiders
- security
- observability
- governance
Over a third of enterprises learn about API breaches from outsiders. The detection gap is a gateway architecture problem that starts with your request logs.
Read article - On-Premises vs. Cloud API Gateway: Which Is Right for Regulated Industries?
- api-gateway
- compliance
- on-premises
On-premises or cloud API gateway? For banking, healthcare, and government, the choice has real compliance consequences. Here is how to decide.
Read article - What Is an API Gateway? An Enterprise Buyer's Guide (2026)
- api-gateway
- enterprise
- compliance
What an enterprise API gateway does, and what to look for when buying one in 2026: security, compliance, partner access, and AI agent traffic.
Read article - AI Agents Are Calling Your APIs. Your Infrastructure Wasn't Built for Them.
- ai
- security
- mcp
AI agents are breaking enterprise APIs at the auth, rate limiting, observability, and security layers. What fails, and how to fix each layer.
Read article - 43% of New CISA Exploited CVEs in 2025 Were API Vulnerabilities — The Gateway Controls That Matter
- security
- api-management
- threat-intelligence
Wallarm found 43% of new CISA KEV entries in 2025 were API-related, and 59% needed no authentication. What that means for your gateway configuration.
Read article - Deprecation Notices Don't Work for AI Agents
- api-versioning
- ai-agents
- mcp
Email notices, six-month windows, hard sunsets: the versioning contract breaks when AI agents are your API consumers. What to do at the gateway instead.
Read article - Two Copilots, One Platform: How Zerq Serves Both Operators and API Consumers
- copilot
- ai
- developer-portal
Zerq Copilot has two governed experiences, one for platform operators and one for developer portal consumers, sharing one model config and enforcement model.
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