Issue 224 : API security is critical in 2023, API contract testing, and Fencer security testing tool
Brief
This week, we have an article from Forbes on why API security is critical in 2023, views from Kin Lane on being pedantic about API contract testing, and a preview of a new tool for API security testing. We also have details of an upcoming webinar on API security within a GitHub environment.
Article: Why API security is critical in 2023
The first article this week comes courtesy of Forbes , which gives a great overview of the state of API security in 2023. The author is of the oft-held view that APIs are the number one attack vector for attackers in 2023, quoting data from Imperva’s “Quantifying the Cost of API Insecurity” ( covered here in issue 192 ), which suggests that the annual API-related cyber loss in the U. S.
alone reached between $12 and $23 billion.