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February 25, 2025

False Confidence Around API Security Persists

Melinda Marks
Practice Director, Cybersecurity

John Grady
Principal Analyst, Network Security & Web Application Security

Emily Marsh
Associate Research Director

Bill Lundell
Senior Director, Sponsored and Syndicated Research

Market Topics

Cybersecurity

APIs are crucial parts of modern application architectures, facilitating critical functionality, communication, and data movement. Unfortunately, each API could be an entry point for a cyberattack if a bad actor finds a vulnerability. Recent research by Informa TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group investigated the state of API security programs and whether the teams behind their operation have a handle on the risk associated with this attack vector.

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