API security should be a key part of any organization's security strategy today; however, it's often overlooked. APIs make up 83 percent of all web traffic, and they play a vital role in nearly all modern mobile and web applications, as well as containers and microservices. APIs are designed to be accessed by third parties, which exposes them to a broader spectrum of potential attacks compared to traditional web applications ...
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September 14, 2023
September 07, 2023
APIs don't exist in a vacuum — they need a way to be tied to your backend systems. This is where a multi-function iPaaS can assist. When combined with the power of API governance to support DevOps, you've just equipped your team with its version of Batman and Robin, the heroes of your organization's digital transformation ...
August 16, 2023
Developers are leveraging a variety of tools, platforms, languages, and services to deliver more sophisticated features and functionality. However, every additional component used to build an application increases the size of the attack surface and the risk of an attack. Threat actors have a greater chance of discovering a vulnerability, misconfiguration, or bug that can serve as a toehold into the environment ...
August 09, 2023
Fraud detection, typically seen as a solution outside of cybersecurity, has taken on a new dimension in recent times. Digital fraud has emerged as a significant threat to businesses and individuals alike. APIs play a pivotal role in this landscape, often serving as the gateway for fraudulent activities ... As the sophistication and frequency of digital fraud continue to rise, understanding the connection between API security and fraud has never been more critical ...
August 01, 2023
APIs are incredibly important in today's digital landscape. They play a crucial role in enabling communication and interaction between different software applications, systems, and services. Due to the increasing reliance on APIs, they have gradually become the top target for hackers. As such, enterprises are placing more emphasis on API security to protect the integrity of data and services, build trust and confidence, and mitigate future risks ...
July 26, 2023
More companies are adopting an API-first approach to software development, and ... outperforming organizations that haven't. Beyond the technical advantages, organizations are also seeing a direct impact on their bottom line, reporting their APIs as revenue generators ...
June 27, 2023
A recurring narrative is emerging in today's digital landscape, characterized by organizations grappling with managing and safeguarding the growing number of APIs within their ecosystem. At the 2023 RSA Conference, a survey conducted by Traceable brought some troubling facts to the surface about how organizations are handling their API security ...
May 22, 2023
As organizations increasingly rely on APIs to streamline their operations and drive innovation, the need to securely authenticate across these critical communication channels is more important and complex than ever. The Corsha State of API Secrets Report 2023 highlights the need for better tools, technologies, and tradecraft around API secrets ...
May 09, 2023
When developing software, you want the application to be as ready as possible before exposing it to the real world. In production, the software needs to be able to deal with many different scenarios, which we can prepare for using a virtual test environment that mimics the actual system ...
May 08, 2023
Service virtualization (SV) is a method that DevOps teams use to simulate components of an app's behavior. Components are APIs, databases, networks, devices, and more ... Using SV saves time, money, headache, and frustration ...
April 10, 2023
The digital world moves incredibly fast. Embracing APIs as a key strategy for optimizing internal software development was big news not too long ago. Now, it's all about external-facing APIs and the quest for monetization ...
February 15, 2023
Developers have significantly increased their use of APIs in 2022 and plan to continue doing so in 2023, according to the State of APIs Report from Rapid. Developers know agility is critical for businesses to grow and survive and that APIs are the key to gaining the speed and flexibility necessary to make this happen ...
December 13, 2022
Industry experts offer thoughtful, insightful, and often controversial predictions on how DevOps and related technologies will evolve and impact business in 2022. Part 6 covers APIs ...
November 07, 2022
While new technologies might be what fuels innovation in the developer community, they depend on API-first approach to support these efforts as that's what allows for quick progress and scalability. API-first is a product and customer-centric approach to developing APIs ...
October 31, 2022
We recently published The API Security Disconnect: API Security Trends in 2022, which reveals some striking disconnects between the respondents' experiences with API security incidents, their lack of awareness of their own APIs, and their confidence in cloud service providers and others to provide API security. The findings are more relevant today ...
October 26, 2022
Living in an API-dominated world poses unique challenges and risks to companies of every size. With ever-increasing digitalization, business leaders must look at traditional security measures in place and assess if they still adequately protect the organization from growing API threats ...
October 12, 2022
A recent survey commissioned by Digibee ... revealed interesting results. The most staggering result is that only 7% have an established enterprise integration strategy, even though 93% of IT leaders view enterprise integration as imperative to their business, a top priority or nice to have ...
August 11, 2022
The broad adoption of containers and the emergence of Kubernetes as a de facto standard have pushed the boundaries of cloud native development's impact even further. Containers, though not a prerequisite for microservices, provide the right packaging for the mass adoption of microservices. As with all new tech, however, when one problem is solved, another often emerges ...
June 06, 2022
Between the impact of COVID-19, shifting customer demands, and a surge in digital transformation, small to midsize business (SMB) owners in retail have been faced with great change in the last couple years. To find out just how much these disruptions have impacted retailers, we surveyed key thought leaders and decision makers at SMB retail companies. The results identified both the critical challenges faced by SMB retailers and the tech initiatives they' re implementing to offset those challenges. Based on our data, we've parsed out three key findings that will help small business owners navigate the new normal ...
May 03, 2022
Companies have invested significantly in digital transformation in recent years, especially to navigate the pandemic, but are they any closer to outmaneuvering the competition? According to Kong's 2022 API & Microservices Connectivity Report, our third-annual research report, the answer is a resounding "No" ...
March 15, 2022
In today's competitive world, there is no denying that only the best applications prosper and attract a lot of traffic. The massive digitalization in recent years has created a need for software application testing vital for all businesses across industries. The following are some of the best practices for web application testing ...
February 24, 2022
APIs continue to grow in importance not only with software developers but also with the leading enterprise organizations they support, as companies increasingly rely on APIs to accelerate their digital transformation efforts. To shed light on the trends that businesses encounter as they rely more heavily on APIs, RapidAPI released a new report: The State of Enterprise APIs - Understanding API Uses, Challenges and Strategies, conducted by Vanson Bourne. The survey found that nearly all respondents (98%) believe that APIs are an essential part of their organization's digital transformation ...
February 01, 2022
Although APIs are the backbone of our digital economy, their growth means more API sprawl — a distributed infrastructure of APIs with a lack of observability and traceability leading to vulnerabilities, breaches, and attacks. It is time to start thinking about what drives the sprawl and control it ...
October 18, 2021
Since 2020, marketing APIs evolved and expanded as the martech industry changed dramatically. Covid-19 made digital marketing more important than ever. New powerhouse ad platforms such as TikTok emerged to dominate the scene. Apple iOS 14 forced API updates and upended digital marketing strategies. In this environment, the number of marketing APIs and API updates ballooned higher. Just consider the five marketing APIs with the most updates since 2020 ...
September 23, 2021
By 2022, it's predicted that APIs will become the most frequently attacked enterprise web application vector. To fully realize a successful approach to development security operations (DevSecOps) for API security, creating an effective feedback loop between DevOps and SecOps teams is critical to getting a grasp on API security risks ...
