Our CTO Jason Macy chats with Terena Bell in her article, 5 Myths of API Security in the April edition of CSO Magazine
In light of Panera Bread’s API-related data breach, here what is — and isn’t — true about protecting application programming interfaces.
Myth #1: API security is a feature, not a technology
According to Jason Macy, chief technology officer at API security management provider Forum Systems, “Many vendors in the API product landscape talk about having features of API security.” In reality, he says, “claiming to have features that provide aspects of API security” is just like “claiming to have features that provide firewall or antivirus security.”