Given this, it is no surprise that API security is a top priority for many security teams in the coming year.
Here are 10 strategic things to look for in an API security offering.
Multiple Environment Capability API security isn't very helpful if it doesn't work across multiple environments.
Thus any viable API security solution needs to be able to manage that security across complex hybrid and multicloud environments.
Simplified Management While it may be tempting to purchase point solutions for API security for different environments, this approach only adds complexity and yet another tool to learn, operate, manage, and maintain.
A better approach is to consider API security as part of an overall platform designed to simplify the management and security of hybrid and multicloud environments.
When seeking an API security solution, look for one that is part of an overall platform that also addresses the need to simplify and standardize deployment across multiple environments without getting locked into any one of them.
Uniform Security Policy Policy is also an important part of API security, as is applying it uniformly and universally, in an environment-agnostic way.
Uniform security policy application is another key component of the big-picture approach to API security.
All of this is easier as part of a big-picture approach to API security.
More Than Just API Gateways Unfortunately, while API gateway solutions are helpful, they are not sufficient.
They should be incorporated as part of a broader, more strategic approach to API security.
A variety of security measures are needed to properly secure APIs, including protection against advanced automated attacks, fraud, and targeted attacks.
While WAFs are an extremely important tool, they need to be augmented by a more holistic API security platform around them that incorporates protection against the most advanced threats.
Simply put, it is hard to keep up with the pace, making integrated threat intelligence another important piece of the API security puzzle.
No API security solution is complete without the ability to bring the big-picture component of visibility across multiple environments.
The Human Element Last, but not least, API security is not about technology alone.
While the right platform with the right capabilities is quintessential to API security, so are having the right processes and the right team with the right training.
API security requires a holistic approach in which enterprises manage API security and all of the people, process, and technology around it.
When security buyers evaluate API security solutions providers, it is important that they take into account the big picture and plan for the gamut of issues that ultimately present themselves around the topic of API security.
This Cyber News was published on www.darkreading.com. Publication date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 23:20:06 +0000