Gartner® Report API Security: What You Need to Do to Protect Your APIs
Understand key security challenges and best practices for an effective API security strategy
APIs’ ability to open access to data and app functionality is enabling modern web and mobile experiences. This paves the way for new digital business models and in turn, drives the API economy.
Yet this same openness brings about security concerns. Consider how API abuses have risen from being an infrequent attack vector to the most frequent, with majority of web-enabled apps having larger attack surfaces due to exposed APIs. Despite growing awareness of API security—Gartner noted a 30% YoY increase in client inquiries—breaches continue to plague businesses.
What does it take to protect your APIs? We think this Gartner report, API Security: What You Need to Do to Protect Your APIs, will give you the insights you need to design and implement an effective API security strategy.
Here's what you can expect from the report:
- Analysis of key challenges of securing APIs
- The importance of adopting a continuous approach to API security
- Recommendations and best practices for an effective API security strategy
Gartner, API Security: What You Need to Do to Protect Your APIs, Mark O'Neill, Dionisio Zumerle, Jeremy D'Hoinne, Refreshed 13 January 2023, Published 28 August 2019. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.