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4 Cloud API Security Best Practices

Search Security, March 20th, 2023

APIs make up the majority of web traffic now, but they aren't always kept as secure as needed. Consider implementing these four cloud API security best practices.

API use and capabilities have grown significantly over the past decade to improve application development; interaction with services and app features; and integration with applications, services and components of all types. Nowhere is this truer than in the cloud, where API availability and use are the norm rather than the exception.

APIs have also become a major target for attackers, however, due to exposure, a variety of vulnerabilities and configuration issues, and the fact that some APIs are inherently less secure than others.

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