Security News > 2022 > April > 41% of businesses had an API security incident last year

With concerns continuing to mount, a 451 Research and Noname Security report covers the key characteristics and security risks present in API usage today and how a holistic approach to API security provides a gateway to a frictionless user experience.

Conducted in January 2022 and featuring results from IT experts representing over 350 global companies in diverse industries with 3,000+ full-time employees, the report captures the main pain points associated with API security today, the effectiveness of other enterprise-grade security solutions, and characteristics of effective API security solutions such as maintaining accurate API inventories and requiring user authentication.

API security challenges APIs are heavily leveraged, with an average of 15,564 APIs in use among survey respondent organizations, and a growth rate of 201% over the past 12 months.

41% of the organizations represented by survey respondents had an API security incident in the last 12 months; 63% of those noted that the incident involved a data breach or data loss.

35% of survey respondents said projects were specifically delayed due to API security concerns; 87% of those believe more effective integration of API security testing into developer pipeline activities could have prevented those delays.

"With API usage continuing to grow, this extreme level of use and dependency has enabled many vulnerabilities to rise to the surface, making securing these APIs across sectors more paramount than ever," said Daniel Kennedy, Principal Research Analyst for Information Security for the Voice of the Enterprise quantitative research product at 451 Research.

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