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Why Your APIs Aren’t Safe — and What to Do about It

Given the vulnerability of so many systems, it’s not surprising that https://www.imperva.com/resources/resource-library/reports/ddos-threat-landscape-report-2023/ compared to the previous year, according to a report released this year by https://www.imperva.com/?utm_content=inline-mention global threat researchers. What might rattle even the most experienced technologists is the sheer scale of those attacks.

Twenty thousand, for a larger API,” said https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-klimek-37588962director of technology at Imperva, in this episode of The New Stack Makers podcast.

“It’s not uncommon for an organization to have over 1,000 different API endpoints,” Klimek said.

To protect APIs and prevent your endpoints from becoming entry points for hackers, Klimek recommended a number of steps.