"API Use Increases Significantly, but Poses Greater Risks"

According to Cloudflare researchers, the use of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) is increasing but poses greater management and security risks. APIs generated about 57 percent of global dynamic Internet traffic in 2023. However, the increased API traffic causes additional management and security issues, especially as there are more API endpoints than companies reported. The researchers discovered up to 30.7 percent more API endpoints than specified. These "Shadow APIs" are often used by developers or individual end users to run specific business applications. They are difficult to manage and pose a serious security risk. Unknown threats can easily infiltrate enterprise environments to expose data, introduce unpatched vulnerabilities, cause data compliance issues, enable lateral movement, and more. This article continues to discuss key findings from Cloudflare's 2024 API Security and Management Report.

Techzine reports "API Use Increases Significantly, but Poses Greater Risks"

Submitted by grigby1