With the popularity of APIs comes the question of their security. If APIs leak data or can be an entry point for an attack, what good is the security strategy of the applications they connect to?

In this Help Net Security interview, Ankita Gupta, CEO at Akto, discusses API security best practices, advocating for authentication protocols like OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, strict HTTPS ...

APIs often have access to sensitive data, making it critical for organizations to know about every single API in use. Yet many companies struggle with shadow APIs and undocumented endpoints. You can't ...

APIs are powering the new agentic era and underpinning nearly every digital platform from customer apps to back-end integrations. But as they multiply, they are expanding the attack surface ...