API news stories

Specialist API security firm Noname Security has appointed Netpoleon as its distributor in Australia and New Zealand.

Software applications have been a key tool for businesses for decades, but the way they are designed and operated has changed during the past few years.

The company also says that there is significant risk in cloud development caused by not recognising the differences between cloud and traditional definitions of common architecture terms.

“It is a reflection of our ability to innovate in key areas, such as automated API discovery, bot management, and behavioural-based ML algorithms."

Radware has introduced a new API-based security architecture solution to help reduce latency and improve security.

The OTM Standard, released as part of version 4.1 of the IriusRisk product, is an agnostic way of describing a threat model in a simple format.

Cloudflare API Gateway is designed to simplify the process of identifying, securing and managing APIs of any protocol on a large and interconnected network.

Imperva has launched Imperva API Security with continuous API discovery and data classification, a product that can be deployed in any environment.

Cybercriminals have tended to focus on acquiring user credentials to maximise their ability to traverse targeted IT infrastructures.

Atturra has announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to deliver Apigee's API Management capabilities.

Australian businesses could potentially lose an average of AU$6.5m if they don’t follow through with digital transformation initiatives.

Kong has announced Kong Enterprise 2.7, a service connectivity platform that enables companies to manage APIs and microservices at scale.

APIs already power most of our favourite web-based applications, and will only become more important into the future

Console Connect and Colt Technology Services have completed the first stage of major API-led interoperability between their global on-demand SDN platforms.

While open banking benefits banks, fintechs, and consumers, its promise to deliver innovative services and spur competition does not come without security cautions.

Frost & Sullivan has named Vonage Asia-Pacific Communications Platform as a Service Company of the Year for the third year in a row.

Capgemini and Google Cloud have announced a collaboration with TNB, the largest electricity utility in Malaysia.

"Barracuda Email Protection offers customers complete protection by combining gateway defence, API-based inbox defence, incident response, data protection, and user security awareness capabilities."

The intention of the collaboration is to provide a complete enterprise-class solution for managing and securing APIs and microservices, the company states.

"This builds on Akamai's proven security technologies, introducing new levels of sophisticated, automated intelligence to keep our customers a step ahead of the cyber criminals.”

With its 2021.10 platform release, UiPath has strengthened its core robotic process automation (RPA) solutions while introducing enterprise-grade UI-based and API-based automation capabilities.

By following an APIOps strategy to API development, organisations can be sure they’re implementing APIs that will deliver anticipated business benefits.

"From broken authentication and injection flaws, to simple misconfigurations, there are numerous API security concerns for anyone building an internet-connected application."

Kong is an open-source API gateway and platform that acts as middleware between compute clients and API-centric applications.