“API adoption is at its peak, according to a 2022 State of APIs Report, with 63% of respondents relying more on APIs in 2022 than the prior year, and 69% expecting to use even more APIs than they did in 2022. As the number continues to escalate due to the acceleration of cloud and microservices, protecting them has never been more challenging. To effectively protect against API attacks, it is important to understand why they are a target and how they can be abused.”
