As development accelerates, accountability becomes unclear, and getting controls to operate becomes a challenge in itself. It’s time that we rethink our application security strategies to reflect new priorities, principles and processes in the API-first era. 80% of enterprises currently allow external access to data and functionality via APIs, according to a recent industry survey published by Imvision, looking into the current state of API use and adoption among leading enterprises. The recent Colonial Pipeline and JBS attacks indicate that another major trend is the abundance of malicious actors.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2021/07/rethinking-application-security-in-api.html