Tag: API Security
API security: 12 essential best practices
API security should never be taken for granted. With the increasing demand for data-centric projects, companies have quickly opened up to their ecosystem through...
What is API Security? What you need to know
APIs are the building blocks of extraordinary digital experiences, but if you’re not properly managing them, they can also be a security risk. It...
Practical API Security: The OWASP API Security Top Ten
API security is on everyone’s mind: after all, APIs always open up network-accessible interfaces that previously may not have been exposed. Making sure that...
API News Roundup – February 2022
At Axway, we believe in an “Open Everything” world: that the best digital experiences will be built on open API platforms, as well as...
Stop tinkering with APIs and start delivering secure business outcomes
You need a more scalable and consumable way to capitalize on opening key data and processes; you know that. You're also committed to using...
Global Consumer Survey: Build trust and give people control to securely Open Everything
Here at Axway, we know that customer experience is a powerful force in business success. A good experience can elevate the brand, reliability, and...
No one likes a leaky API: security requires a combination of technology & processes
Not long ago, Peloton — the well-known manufacturer of high-end exercise equipment — experienced an unfortunate incident where a long-lasting security vulnerability in Peloton’s...
Amplify Whiteboard chat #4 – Policy Agents
Previously in my Amplify articles, I covered an open API Management Plane, API Discovery and Subscriptions, and API observability and traffic analytics.
In my final Whiteboard...
Top 10 API trends for 2021
2021 Digital Transformation Trends are a key indicator for the future of APIs. APIs run the world and 2020 saw a huge increase in...
The future of open banking in the USA
Open banking in the USA — status
The open banking movement starts with the banking industry, but it will soon expand to Open Everything: open...
Event-driven API Management introduction
We hope you are now convinced Event-Driven APIs matter! If not yet, please click HERE.
So, let’s assume now you have Event-driven APIs and they...
What is network security?
Let’s face it, network structures are under siege from cyberattacks and vulnerabilities. These exposures can be wide-ranging from applications, users, data, or even locations....
API News Roundup – August 2020
Summer is coming to an end, and that means back to school. So we are taking you back to school with our monthly API...
5 security challenges to API protection
Let’s face it, APIs are everywhere and that makes protecting your APIs challenging at best. To be effective, security must be safe and secure....
Five ways APIs help businesses during uncertain times
APIs are the key drivers of any business. Companies need to evolve quickly — either scaling up or down. With an API-driven platform, you...
API News Roundup – May 2020
As businesses slowly reopen in cities around the world, we turn our attention to how APIs are helping companies transition to a new reality....
#EUvsVirus hackathon — Axway steps up to the challenge
As we all adjust to a new normal, we honor those on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. And we must do...
What are the best practices for implementing API authentication?
Dear Geek,
We are building an API and I am confused as to what kind of security we need? There are so many out there...
API News Roundup – January 2020
Happy New Year! My resolution this year is to give you more great API news content every month. So without further ado, here is...
APIdays Paris: All things lead back to APIs
Not even a French transit strike could derail the power of APIs; APIdays Paris was in full pursuit from December 9-11. People came from...
Security in the Cloud: Defcon 27 – A Retrospective
Thousands of security professionals descend upon Las Vegas every year to take part in a series of conferences known as Hacker Summer Camp (Black...
API security: How can AI help secure your APIs?
APIs enable Digitalization and make communication easier. And opening APIs requires security. But what does API security mean? Security is everywhere and applies on...
API Security–A Primer
APIs are providing business value by enabling to improve efficiency, increase revenue and more. As companies are leveraging APIs to have them exposed out...
8 API trends for 2019
Here are 8 API trends to watch in 2019. We identified the following ways for companies to grow and scale healthy API programs. How are...
The hottest API trends of 2018
It's hard to believe, but 2018 is coming to an end. As we look back on the year of changes and evolutions within the...
Cybersecurity threats: Interview with Bernard Harquindeguy, Ping Identity
With an ever-growing environment of cybersecurity threats and attacks looming in the world today, from the Facebook data breach, to Google, T-Mobile and Verizon,...
What is the future of API Management?
Devoteam, our Axway partner, wrote a compelling article on The Future of API Management. This persuasive article showcases the guiding reasons for investing in...
API Sandbox for efficiently delivering secure and engaging APIs to production
I’d like to explain one of the foundation elements of API platforms–API Sandbox. Most new applications built today to run digital businesses are API-driven, and...
API security trends–interview with James Higginbotham from LaunchAny
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What are Open APIs? Interview with TM Forum
This week, I would like to welcome Joann O’Brien, VP-Open APIs & Ecosystems with TM Forum, to tell us about Open APIs, their current...
API security with AI (Artificial Intelligence)–Webinar
I’m sure you have noticed how big the topic of API security with AI (Artificial Intelligence) has become worldwide over the past year. This simulation...
API Security makes it into OWASP Top 10 RC1
The first Release Candidate of the popular OWASP Top 10 contained “under protected APIs” as one of the Top 10 things to watch out...
Six tactics to secure your APIs proactively
When talking about API security, some people just want to turn on a switch and would like to get a green light on being...
API attack prevention, a real-life example
I posted a previous article about the ways to protect Web Services and protect REST APIs and got contacted to help with an inquiry around how...
API creation and microservices going mainstream
Building API-based and sophisticated microservices are going more and more mainstream these days. As a consequence of addressing the full lifecycle of APIs, this...
What is API Lifecycle Management?
API Lifecycle Management is a term illustrating the need to manage all steps in the life of an API, from creation to retirement.
APIs are...
How to protect your API keys
When it comes to authenticating API clients, a common solution is to deliver an API key to each of your API clients.
As the API...
Banking API Security”: N26 API just a big Swiss cheese?
Vincent Haupert recently presented his findings on banking API security that had massive security holes during a 33C3 Congress event. He aptly named his talk...