APIs are the new perimeter: Here’s how CISOs are securing them

Attackers are increasingly targeting APIs (application programming interfaces, the tools that let software systems communicate with each other) instead of traditional endpoints, and many organizations have hundreds or thousands of APIs that lack proper security controls. Traditional security tools like EDR (endpoint detection and response, software that monitors computers for attacks) and WAFs (web application firewalls, systems that filter web traffic) often miss API attacks because they cannot understand the business logic being abused, and 95% of API attacks come from authenticated users with stolen credentials or API keys.