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FIRESIDE CHAT: U.S. banking regulators call out APIs as embodying an attack surface full of risk

The Last Watchdog

APIs have been a linchpin as far as accelerating digital transformation — but they’ve also exponentially expanded the attack surface of modern business networks. Last October the FFIEC explicitly called out APIs as an attack surface that must, henceforth, comply with a new set of API management practices.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? The cyber threat landscape is evolving rapidly. Consumers will begin to see their favorite applications touting “quantum-secure encryption.” Our defensive strategies must evolve.

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How Thales and Red Hat Protect Telcos from API Attacks

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

How Thales and Red Hat Protect Telcos from API Attacks madhav Thu, 02/22/2024 - 04:55 Application programming interfaces (APIs) power nearly every aspect of modern applications and have become the backbone of today’s economy. Unfortunately, API attacks are increasing as vectors for security incidents.

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GUEST ESSAY – A primer on ‘WAAP’ – an approach to securing APIs at the web app layer

The Last Watchdog

One could make the argument that Application Programming Interfaces — APIs – are a vital cornerstone of digital transformation. Related: How a dynamic WAF can help protect SMBs. APIs interconnect the underlying components of modern digital services in a very flexible, open way. API complexity. Tool limitations.

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News Alert: Traceable AI report exposes true scale of API-related data breaches, top challenges

The Last Watchdog

. — Traceable AI, the industry’s leading API security company, today released its comprehensive research report – the 2023 State of API Security: A Global Study on the Reality of API Risk. Compounding this, 58% agree that APIs substantially expand organizations’ attack surface.

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MY TAKE: Why companies had better start taking the security pitfalls of API proliferation seriously

The Last Watchdog

APIs are putting business networks at an acute, unprecedented level of risk – a dynamic that has yet to be fully acknowledged by businesses. Related: ‘SASE’ framework extends security to the network edge. Here are my key takeaways: Manipulating APIs. based supplier of networking technology.

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GUEST ESSAY: Five stages to attain API security — and mitigate attack surface exposures

The Last Watchdog

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) play a critical role in digital transformation by enabling communication and data exchange between different systems and applications. API security is essential for maintaining the trust of customers, partners, and stakeholders and ensuring the smooth functioning of digital systems.