Dec 9, 2022
The Who, the What, and the Why of OWASP
Who are these people at OWASP? What are they working on? And why should we all be grateful?
Read more…Sophie McKay
Blog & News
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Dec 8, 2022
What's Up With the Decrease in Tink CASC Score?
Most Tink API endpoints show a sharp rise in latency starting in late November, with a further spike in early December.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 28, 2022
So you have an API vulnerability. What does that mean and what can be done?
APIs have been around for decades, but they now power most of the internet. Here’s why they are important, and how to protect them.
Read more…Sophie McKay
Nov 23, 2022
Why we’re partnering with 42Crunch
Managing the API lifecycle is critical for organizations of all sizes, which is why we're excited to partner with 42Crunch.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 17, 2022
The new RSS is... RSS
Whatever happened to RSS and syndication feeds? The short answer is social media, as platforms reshaped how we consume content.
Read more…Paul Cray
Nov 8, 2022
DevOps Trouble in a Post-Twitter World
Ops teams often learn about outages on Twitter before status pages update, due to the lag in official incident reporting.
Read more…David O'Neill
Nov 3, 2022
New Agents Online!
APImetrics deployed new monitoring agents across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, expanding coverage to new regions including Jakarta.
Read more…Nick Denny
Oct 26, 2022
APImetrics, tomato pay and Finextra deliver a comprehensive report on UK Open Banking performance over the last year
APImetrics data shows Neobanks outperform CMA9 banks in UK Open Banking, suggesting technical debt limits quality API solutions.
Read more…David O'Neill
Oct 21, 2022
APImetrics announces 400% use growth
APImetrics announces 400% usage growth, driven by a recent acquisition, new product leadership, and its vision for API governance.
Read more…David O'Neill
Oct 19, 2022
APIs are growing faster than developers can handle
APIs are growing so fast, they are now more than half of most development efforts. But developer skills are not keeping up.
Read more…APIContext Editorial Team
Oct 19, 2022
p(50) Considered Useful
Why focus on p99 latency instead of p50? A look at why median response times can hide serious performance problems.
Read more…Paul Cray
Oct 15, 2022
OWASP API2:2019 - What is broken authentication and why it’s important
APIs need strong authentication to protect customer data. So, why is broken auth one of the biggest issues with APIs today?
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Oct 7, 2022
OWASP API1:2019 - What is broken object level authorization and why it’s important
Your data escapes when object level authorization is broken
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Sep 13, 2022
Brute Force Attacks and APIs - Watch Those Logs!
All developers know about brute force attacks, but monitoring your API logs constantly is key to catching these security threats.
Read more…APIContext Editorial Team
Sep 6, 2022
Will the Noosphere have an API? The 15th Artificial General Intelligence Conference suggests it will.
A recap of the 15th Artificial General Intelligence conference, held in person over four days after being organized since 2008.
Read more…Paul Cray
Aug 31, 2022
Postman and APImetrics: Better Together
Postman has become the go-to platform for API-first teams with over 20 million developers, simplifying the API development lifecycle.
Read more…David O'Neill
Aug 24, 2022
Twitter’s security issues are way worse than anyone thought
A whistleblower's complaint reveals Twitter's security and infrastructure issues run deeper than previously known, raising user data concerns.
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Jul 15, 2022
Anatomy of an Outage: Auth0
Auth0 suffered a major outage on June 21 tied to a wider Cloudflare edge provider issue, as tracked on their status page.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jul 14, 2022
Andrew Brown Joins APImetrics as Chief Product Officer
APImetrics has hired Andrew Brown as Chief Product Officer to help lead the company into a new phase of growth and innovation.
Read more…David O'Neill
Jul 14, 2022
API security is now more important than web application security
With the introduction of the OWASP API Top 10, what does this mean for the security of the web?
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Jul 8, 2022
OWASP A02 – Cryptographic Failures: What they are and why they are important
Cryptographic Failures ranks second on the OWASP Top 10. Here's what it means and why it matters as more web apps interconnect.
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Jul 5, 2022
OWASP A01 - Broken Access Control: What it is and why it’s important
The OWASP Top Ten are the biggest risks to web applications. The number one biggest risk is broken access control. Here’s why it’s important.
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Jun 28, 2022
Revised OWASP Top Ten shows how companies that live by the API also risk dying by the API
The recent revision of the OWASP Top Ten security risks shows just how much the world is driven by APIs.
Read more…Jamie Beckland
Jun 20, 2022
Best practice is to send PII using POST, not GET…so why don’t more developers do it?
Developers often send PII via GET requests instead of POST, exposing sensitive data in headers for preventable reasons.
Read more…Jamie Beckland