How CISOs Can Influence API Security Change
Security Boulevard, April, 6th 2023
Security incidents can cost a chief information security officer (CISO) their job.
For example, cybersecurity breaches at Capital One, Uber, Equifax and plenty of others have led to the firing or forced resignation of the companies' respective CISOs. Whether all these removals were fair is up for debate, but regardless, there's a growing incentive for security leaders to strengthen their applications to avoid abuse and costly breaches.
Simultaneously, APIs have become a more frequent attack vector, requiring CISOs to pay more attention to this growing threat. To put things in perspective, Salt Security recently unearthed a shocking 400% rise in unique API attacks over the past six months. And when API attacks are successful, they can leak large amounts of customer data.