Security News > 2022 > December > 68% of IT leaders are worried about API sprawl

The transformation comes as 68% of respondents cite their fears about API sprawl.

Ensuring data security and controlling API sprawl were top concerns, with 68% worrying about complexity due to sprawl and 48% of respondents ranking "Increased security challenges" as their single greatest concern with API growth.

"It brings complexity and security challenges that must be answered by using truly universal API management-that bridges the gap between API development and consumption and opens everything, lines of business and innovation, while building on and out from heritage infrastructure."

The survey results indicate that budgets for API management have increased over the past two years and that security is top of mind as companies begin to unlock the full value of their data to create new digital experiences, markets and opportunities for revenue.

Digging deeper, the survey found that a significant majority, 59%, employ user authentication as a top strategy to secure APIs, and 61% of the API respondents said data encryption can help them personally feel their data is more secure.

One of the most alarming, but not entirely surprising data points, deals with concerns about talent: 86% of API respondents fear an expertise gap in the coming years, where companies will not have the skilled software and IT infrastructure talent they need to innovate.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/12/06/api-sprawl-fears/