The Secret Life of APIs

As their numbers explode, it’s easy to lose track of your APIs. Digital business and increasing use of AI have left organizations juggling an average of 421 APIs—even more than the average number of apps. And the API count is expected to grow by at least 10% in the next two years alone. 

As a result, IT teams are struggling to discover, secure, update, and manage APIs across today’s hybrid, multicloud deployment environments. The results of our tenth annual State of Application Strategy survey and follow-up research with API security decision makers reveal the growing risk of API-targeted cyberattacks and other challenges. One surprise: Zero trust security has a blind spot unless it embraces APIs, too.   

Read the report to discover which APIs appear to face the most risk, which are being left behind when it comes to protection, and how API security models and responsibilities may need to adapt to keep APIs safe in the AI era.