Implementing an API Security Strategy

This book’s final chapter focuses on applying the knowledge you’ve gained over the last 12 chapters to create a comprehensive API security strategy for your organization. Your strategy will depend on your current position and your security goals and will largely be influenced by your organizational structure, particularly who owns APIs and their security. In the first section, we will examine typical organizational stakeholders and how their roles and responsibilities must be aligned as part of your strategy. We will then examine the 42Crunch API security maturity model to understand the six domains of API security and what maturation looks like for each domain. After, we’ll dive into rolling out your API security strategy, firstly by planning your objectives against the current state and capabilities and, secondly, by running your strategy as part of your daily process. Finally, we’ll conclude this chapter –...