Blog Security Adopting Comprehensive API Security Falls Behind Need Christine Ferrusi Ross is a Product Marketing Director at Akamai, where she leads go-to-market messaging for the Application Security portfolio. Prior to Akamai, she worked with blockchain and security startups on product/market fit and positioning. She also spent many years as an industry analyst helping organizations buy and manage emerging technologies and services. According to recent research from the SANS Institute , despite a rise in the number of threats targeting applications and APIs, most companies are not yet using API-specific controls that provide widespread coverage. A notable lack of API security testing tools \r\n The 2023 SANS Survey on API Security found that fewer than 50% of respondents have API security testing tools in place. Even less have API discovery tools (29%).…