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5 API Vulnerabilities That Get Exploited by Criminals

Security Affairs

APIs, short for application programming interfaces, have become a common building block for digitally enabled organizations. They facilitate communication as well as critical business operations, and they also support important digital transformations. Crafting an API security strategy is a complex task.

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Cybersecurity in the Evolving Threat Landscape

Security Affairs

As businesses in every sector embrace digital transformation initiatives, adopting cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, automation, AI, and interconnected ecosystems, their attack surface widens exponentially.

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A close look at President Biden’s cyber executive order

SC Magazine

NIST’s forthcoming guidelines could likely drive new application security technology adoption in the same way that the PCI DSS has driven the adoption of Web Application Firewalls (WAFs). B2B companies with government contracts must come to grips that they will soon face significant new requirements.

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