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ITOCHU Techno-Solutions becomes the first reseller of Cequence in Japan, introducing advanced API protection solutions to its extensive network of customers TOKYO — January 21, 2025 — Cequence, a pioneer in API security and bot management, today announced a strategic partnership with Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation (ITOCHU Techno-Solutions), Japan’s first resale and services partner of Cequence’s Unified API Protection (UAP) platform. This partnership marks a significant milestone in expanding Cequence's presence in Japan, bringing cutting-edge API security and bot management solutions to organizations across the country. As digital transformation accelerates, businesses in Japan are increasingly dependent on APIs to drive innovation, streamline operations, and launch customer-facing applications. However, this surge in API usage has also opened the door to sophisticated cyber threats, including bot attacks and API vulnerabilities. With Japan’s digital landscape growing rapidly, the need for robust API security and real-time bot management has never been more critical. Through its partnership with ITOCHU Techno-Solutions, Cequence is positioned to help organizations mitigate these risks and secure their digital infrastructures against emerging threats. “ITOCHU Techno-Solutions is strong reputation as a leading systems integrator, combined with its extensive customer base across key industries, positions this partnership as a strategic step in expanding Cequence’s footprint in Japan,” said Ameya Talwalkar, CEO at Cequence. “Together, we will deliver comprehensive, real-time API security and bot management solutions that address critical vulnerabilities and support secure business operations across the region.” Cequence Security’s UAP platform provides comprehensive protection across the entire API security lifecycle, with key capabilities including:

• API Attack Surface Discovery: Provides an attacker’s view into an organization’s public-facing resources, identifying external API hosts as well as edge, infrastructure, gateway, and hosting providers, prioritizing risks for zero-friction security.
• API Security Posture Management: Safeguards APIs by assessing risk across the entire inventory, ensuring compliance, and actively detecting and remediating coding errors.
• Bot Management and Fraud Prevention: Protects against the full range of bot attacks, preventing data loss, theft, and fraud, eliminating downtime, brand damage, skewed sales analytics, and increased infrastructure costs.

In addition, the platform offers deployment flexibility, supporting SaaS, on-premises, and hybrid environments, and can be onboarded in less than 15 minutes without app instrumentation or additional integrations. With a broad customer base spanning telecommunication, finance, retail, and distribution industries, CTC is uniquely positioned to deliver Cequence’s solutions to organizations across Japan. “In recent years, sophisticated cyberattacks targeting APIs have been on the rise globally, and the importance of API security is becoming increasingly recognized among Japanese companies as well,” said Hirohito Ohashi, managing executive officer at ITOCHU Techno-Solutions. “Cequence’s solutions leverage cutting-edge AI technology to provide comprehensive API security protection, empowering businesses to operate safely and securely. We are delighted to contribute to secure business growth by bringing Cequence’s solutions to the Japanese market.” ITOCHU Techno-Solutions’ role extends beyond reselling Cequence solutions; the company will also deliver the recently launched Cequence API Security Assessment Service, helping organizations evaluate their API security posture and identify vulnerabilities.

About Cequence Security

Cequence is a pioneer in API security and bot management, protecting the applications and APIs that organizations depend on from attacks, business logic abuse, and fraud. Our unique Unified API Protection platform unites discovery, compliance, and protection capabilities, providing unmatched real-time security in the face of sophisticated threats. Demonstrating value in minutes rather than days or weeks, Cequence offers a flexible deployment model that requires no app instrumentation or modification. Cequence solutions scale to meet the demands of the largest and most demanding private and public sector organizations, protecting more than 8 billion daily API interactions and 3 billion user accounts. To learn more, visit www.cequence.ai.

About ITOCHU Techno-Solutions

Established in 1972, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (ITOCHU Techno-Solutions) delivers complex end-to-end IT solutions and services to enterprises and outsourcing services through its own data centers. ITOCHU Techno-Solutions serves the telecommunications, broadcasting, manufacturing, financial services, retail, distribution, public, utilities, education, life sciences, engineering, and apparel market segments across a global network including local subsidiaries in the United States, Malaysia and Singapore. For more information, visit www.ctc-g.co.jp/en.

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