Modern applications communicate through APIs — interfaces that exchange data between systems. They are the backbone of mobile apps, integrations, and cloud services.
Precisely because they're everywhere and often overlooked, APIs have become a favorite target.
The typical gaps
Weak authentication, missing limits, exposing more data than necessary, and insufficient monitoring — API vulnerabilities are often simple, but with severe consequences.
Everywhere— mobile apps, integrations, cloud — everything runs through APIs. That's why they're target #1.
How to secure your APIs
- Strict authentication and authorization on every call
- Rate limiting
- Input validation
- Expose only the data that's needed
- Monitor and log API traffic
How to protect yourself
API security must be part of the design, not an add-on at the end. An inventory of all APIs (including the "forgotten" ones) is the first and often skipped step.
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