Blog Security The API Weak Spot: Study Shows AI Is Compounding Security Pressures Barney Beal is a writer for Akamai’s cybersecurity group, bringing decades of experience making complex technology easier to understand and providing technology buyers with the information that they need to make informed decisions. Executive summary API security incidents are rising: 87% of organizations suffered an API security incident in the past year, up from 76% in 2022. AI is connected: 42% of incidents involve APIs linked to AI technologies, such as large language models (LLMs) and autonomous agents. Visibility is crashing: Only 23% of enterprises with “full” inventories actually know which APIs return sensitive data. There is a confidence gap: C-suite leaders are significantly more optimistic about the maturity of their API testing than the DevSecOps teams doing the work. The financial fallout is significant: API-related breaches now cost top-quartile organizations upward of US$1.8 million annually.…