What is a Shadow API? 🔐 API Cybersecurity 101 with Brenton House #shorts

What is a Shadow API? What does it have to do with API and Cybersecurity? API Strategist quickly explains what Shadow APIs are and the concerns there might be for API Security.

Now, more than ever before, API Security is a top priority for almost every organization in the world. APIs are everywhere and cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities are found every day.

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► What is an API? API stands for Application Programming Interface. Basically, it is non-human systems that talk to each other in an agreed-upon way! API Management, which includes things like API Gateway and API Developer Portal, allows your APIs to scale while prioritizing API Security. This is all part of API First methodology which helps drive the API Economy. Learning to treat your API as a Product, giving it proper budget, resources, and management, helps organizations succeed in releasing API Platforms that users, customers, and developers LOVE!

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► What is a Shadow API? Some APIs live in the shadows and they exist, as an experiment or out of necessity for some digital product but are hidden away in hopes that no one will see them.

Other examples of Shadow APIs are internal APIs that are used under the radar within an organization.

Possibly a form of shadow IT

They are undocumented and not supported BUT are often necessary for internal applications to work properly.

The security risk here is that they often don't have good security and rely solely on the fact that they are hidden or exist behind a firewall.

Don't make this mistake. Secure ALL of your APIs!

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