Role Connections Report

API Insecurity: The Lurking Threat In Your Software

Design And Build API Security Top To Bottom, End To End Across The Software Lifecycle

October 22nd, 2020
Sandy Carielli, Principal Analyst
Sandy Carielli Principal Analyst
David Mooter, Principal Analyst
David Mooter Principal Analyst
Randy Heffner, Vice President, Principal Analyst
Randy Heffner Vice President, Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Amy DeMartine , Chris Gardner , Melissa Bongarzone , Peggy Dostie

Summary

APIs provide a foundation for innovation and digital transformation at multiple levels — but at each, they open security holes and create privacy risks. API breaches are common, and securing your APIs requires holistic architecture across the software development lifecycle and especially at the define, build, and launch stages of the “secure what you sell” model. This report gives security pros a broad view of API security strategies, tools, and considerations as a working model for collaboration with digital channel executives, application developers, and enterprise, data, and infrastructure architects.

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