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This week, we have an article on 7 reasons why API security strategies are failing, details on the recent keynote by Werner Vogels at AWS re:Invent on 6 rules for good API design, an article by Cisco on API discovery, and a review of some of the biggest API security attacks in 2021.
Article: 7 Reasons Your API Security Strategy Is Failing
This week, AmazicWorld featured a review of why API security strategies are failing to have the desired effect. The author’s view is that whilst developers are well-versed in how to create APIs, the security risks that APIs pose are an increasing threat to organizations. These risks are in large part a consequence of rapid API adoption: the sprawl of APIs is widening the threat landscape, and the fact that APIs are well-documented and can be easily reverse-engineered enables attackers to take advantage of them.
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