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The anatomy of API security in 2024

The anatomy of API security in 2024

APIs are the connective tissues of modern digital companies. So much of the applications, software and IT infrastructure we use every day are built on what came before – and APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) allow developers to quickly connect to and use existing data, code, and systems. It has sped up software development cycles, improved compatibility and boosted the functionality and features available to users. A huge amount of innovation, revenue generation and user convenience has come about as a result of these clever pieces of software connective tissue.

But the links that APIs provide to sensitive data and application business logic can also be exploited, providing useful entryways in for threat actors to compromise and breach data, hijack application operations. So many APIs are now in use across the Web, with APIs constituting over 71% of web traffic in 2023, according to Imperva’s State of API Security in 2024 report. Threat actors are keenly aware of the opportunity that poorly secured APIs pose in enabling access to sensitive data.

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