Salt Security Applies Generative AI to API Security

The report describes Salt Security’s introduction of “Pepper,” a generative AI assistant embedded in its API security platform to let teams query documentation and surface configuration guidance via natural language, claiming significant time savings. It frames this as part of a two-phase trajectory for AI in cybersecurity—from knowledge retrieval to task automation—while noting challenges around LLM reasoning, cost, and data privacy, and encourages teams to develop an AI strategy to reduce manual workload and improve incident response.