Why API sprawl is important and what you can do to mitigate it
Digital transformation has resulted into an API-first economy where every organization is integrating deeper with customers, partners & suppliers. APIs are the …
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Deep dive on PCI DSS 4.0 API Security Requirements
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Council created PCI DSS as the global standard for protecting payment data. The PCI DSS is the compliance stick to
How AppSentinels aligns with Gartner API Security Recommendations
The Gartner research paper “What You Need to Do to Protect Your APIs” outlines key requirements for bolstering API security measures. In this blog…
NSA & CISA joint advisory for Web Application Access Control Abuse
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and U.S. Nati…
OWASP API Top 10 2023: What changed and why it’s important?
Back in 2019, OWASP released its first API Top-10 list. It quickly gained widespread acceptance and acknowledgment from the industry about the…
Checklist for Developers to Build Secure APIs
Attacks on APIs are increasing exponentially. Gartner suggests API abuses are the most significant attack vector since 2022. Hence securing APIs is more…
Unified API Protection: What It Is & How It Helps Secure API Landscape
A Unified API enables the communication between multiple APIs, including ones with different backend data models. Simply put, it is an abstraction layer…
Shadow and Zombie APIs: How to Improve Your API Security
APIs are everywhere, enabling businesses to maximize business value. From digital transformation and application modernization to cloud migration …
API Security Best Practices
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the building blocks of modern-day applications. This software-to-software interface enables seamless collaboration and communication…
Learnings from the OptusBreach
Before we delve into the reasons behind Optus breach, let’s see the chronology of events. Data breach updates being followed up https://twitter.com/hashtag/OptusDataBreach and…
API Abuse
Just about every application uses an application programming interface (API). While APIs add a lot of value to an organization, from a security standpoint, they come with some significant problems.
API Business Logic: What & Why they exist & how to protect
APIs have transformed product features, business offerings, and strategies (both technical and business-end). It is not a stretch to say that APIs are crucial in any industry that seeks a digital
It’s all about business logic security!
In May’22, a major Indian payment gateway reported a fraud of 7.3 Crore (approx. 1 million US$). Few months earlier in Feb’22, world’s top crypto-exchange – Coinbase had to suspend trading…