API MythBusters: The Five Myths Putting You at Risk

Any company developing applications today is running more – and more critical – APIs than ever. Those APIs are essential for connecting customers and partners to critical data and services.

Hackers fully realize that APIs map the route to a company’s crown jewels, making them well worth the time and effort to attack. We get news of API-based breaches several times a month. But too many organizations haven’t woken up to the scope of this threat yet. They’re hanging onto old ways of thinking about API security – wrong notions that keep them vulnerable.

Listen to our discussion on the five most persistent myths surrounding API security. You’ll hear first hand how one CISO got his wake-up call, and you’ll get rich insights into the pitfalls to avoid and the hyped security tactics that can’t really help in protecting APIs.

Key takeaways:
The impact trends such as zero trust, cloud migration, containerization, and shift-left are having on API security
The role of traditional security controls in API security – what they deliver and where they fall short
The value of a full lifecycle approach in grappling with API security
How to deploy dedicated API security that fits today’s automated, agile, and cloud-first environments

Speakers: Curtis Simpson (CISO, Armis), Michael Isbitski (Salt), Michelle McLean (Salt)