F5’s inaugural 2024 Strategic Insights: API Security in APAC report reveals that one in five APAC organisations has adopted artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML)- enabled solutions to tackle security challenges around Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
“Applications have become the front door to cybercrime, and cybercriminals increasingly use APIs as the key. Across the APAC region, we have seen more attacks, with increasing speed, scale, and sophistication as cybercriminals leverage AI-powered tools,” said Mohan Veloo, chief technology officer for Asia Pacific, China, and Japan, F5. “Protecting API connections and the data that runs through them has become the critical security challenge for APAC organisations, especially with many looking to deliver AI.”
Guarding APIs
The study also revealed that APAC organisations deploy code security standards and practices (18%) to guard APIs against vulnerabilities, from Broken Object Level Authorisation and Security Misconfiguration issues to SSRF.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services
“Today, API security is more important and complex than ever. Findings from our report clearly show that more organisations are shifting left along the API lifecycle, while still attempting to shield right. F5 is bringing advanced API code testing and telemetry analysis to F5 Distributed Cloud Services, creating the industry’s most comprehensive and AI-ready API security solution. F5 Distributed Cloud Services can offer API discovery, testing, posture management, and runtime protection, all in a single platform, allowing organisations to gain true visibility and security from code to cloud,” Veloo added.
