Web applications — and the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that enable businesses to connect their apps with partners and users — are a top prize for cyberattackers.
As the building block of today’s web applications, APIs have become the attack vector of choice due to their ubiquity and lack of understanding on how to best secure them. This is part of a worrying trend. A recent study from Gartner states that by 2025, less than 50% of enterprise APIs will be managed. This startling prediction is based on the fact that APIs have become a victim of their own success, and their growth is overtaking security teams’ abilities to manage them.