Blog Security API Security Under Federal Scrutiny: A Wake-Up Call for CIOs Stas Neyman is a Director of Product Marketing at Akamai, overseeing the API Security portfolio. API-related incidents are no longer considered isolated technical issues. They are compliance failures with regulatory consequences. Recent federal investigations into API-related data exposure incidents have served as a warning shot across the bow of many technology and telecommunications companies. In multiple cases, attackers exploited poorly secured API endpoints to gain access to sensitive customer data, exposing critical gaps in enterprise security and triggering regulatory scrutiny.  \r\n As APIs continue to proliferate across digital infrastructures, federal regulators are raising expectations for how organizations protect the data flowing through these interfaces.…