Shifting The Security Mindset: From Network To Application Defense
Security Boulevard, Monday, May 20th, 2024
Until recently, when businesses thought about securing their organizations, they had one focus: network security. The spotlight was on protecting network infrastructure against cyberthreat actors and data breaches. This included connected devices such as computers, servers and wireless networks.
Fast forward to today: The growth of web applications has skyrocketed.
With the modernization of application development and microservices-based architectures, the requirement for application programming interfaces (APIs) to access services, data, and other applications has become critical. According to Akamai, 83% of web traffic now goes through APIs. As the reliance on APIs grows, application layer attacks have significantly increased, creating a greater need for API threat detection and security, as well as API performance and availability.