APIs: Understanding the business benefits and risks
What you need to know about potential data exposure from APIs
Application programming interfaces (APIs) drive every aspect of business today - and their influence will only continue to grow - as will the risks they pose to business.
Join John Engates and Saikrishna Chavali of Cloudflare in this on-demand webinar and hear them explain what today’s business leaders need to understand about the benefits - and security concerns - associated with APIs.
In this free one-hour webinar, moderated by business and technology journalist Wade Roush, you’ll learn:
- What APIs are.
- How APIs affect everything from transactions to mobile apps to supply-chain relationships.
- What you need to know about potential data exposure from APIs.
- What to ask your security team about mitigating API risks.
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