Protecting your APIs from Attacks and Data Breaches

Many organisations are working to modernise their existing applications and integrate secure apps across their environments to keep pace with business demands.  Modern application development relies on Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which enable services and products to communicate with each other and leverage each other’s data and functionality to support business operations.  APIs are business critical – the most popular web applications and innovative services run on APIs.  While APIs help businesses accomplish many strategic and operational goals, simplify software development and improve user experience, they are not without risks.  Because APIs connect services and transfer all types of data, including sensitive data, APIs are vulnerable to attacks that may result in costly data breaches.


APIs are Used for Communication and Data Transfer


An API is technology that is driven by a set of defined rules that allow software applications to communicate with each other.  The API acts as a middleman between machines, applications or services that want to connect with each other for a specified task.  APIs use defined protocols to enable developers to build, connect and integrate applications quickly and at scale.


How Do APIs Work?


An API works using a call request-data transfer format.  In a client application-web service scenario, a client application initiates an API call (or request) to retrieve information. This request is processed from an application to the web server via the API’s Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).  After receiving a valid request, the API (the intermediary or middleman) makes a call to the web server.  The server sends the requested information in its response to the API, and the API transfers the data to the application that initiated the API call (or request).


 



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