API remains a top data security threat.

APIs have become pervasive and extremely valuable targets for bad actors. 

DDoS attacks increased globally in 2023, with the Americas being a common target. 

According to a recent cybersecurity report by Data Theorem, 91% of organizations experienced a software supply chain attack over the last year. 

As another year comes to a close, cybersecurity leaders are looking back and reviewing the top trends of 2023.

Open AI announced that periodic outages across its popular AI chatbot ChatGPT were due to an abnormal traffic pattern reflective of a DDoS attack.

A new report highlights downtime due to a successful application DDoS attack costs organizations an average of $6,130 per minute. 

API security vulnerabilities in open authentication (OAuth), including user account information, were recently discovered by Salt Security.

According to a recent Noname Security report, API security is more of a priority for 81% of security leaders than it was 12 months ago.

As organizations address data privacy & security issues on the expertise needed to use genAI, IT professionals can take steps to prepare for future implementations.