Blog Security Securing APIs While Navigating Today’s Booming API Economy Jagdish Mohite is an experienced cybersecurity professional with 20 years of experience working for Akamai as a Principal Security Consultant. He holds a Master’s degree in cybersecurity from Purdue Global and has multiple certifications, including CFE, OSCP, OSWP, CRTP, CEH, CISSP, CHFI, CISA, and PMP. The rapid evolution and expansion of APIs have created a new and urgent challenge: securing this prime opportunity for exploitation. \r\n"}}"> Executive summary \r\n Application programming interfaces (APIs) help exchange critical data and connect different systems; they enable businesses to access data, functionality, and services from other companies, platforms, or devices.  \r\n In the past decade, the number and complexity of APIs have significantly increased.…