2023-10-07 –, Track 5
API security is so hot right now! Organizations don’t fully understand APIs, how to find them, and secure them. This can feel scary. Don’t Panic. Grab your towel and join me on a meme adventure to explore the API galaxy. We’ll cover the history of APIs. Why people now suddenly care about them and why they’re such a hot topic. We’ll go over some ways to identify APIs within an environment. We’ll cover how API security is different and how to start securing them. We’ll review the API security tooling landscape. Finally, we’ll review resources to get your towel wrapped around API security and answer the ultimate API questions.
Timothy De Block is a security generalist. He cut his teeth in IT as an Electronic Technician for the United States Navy and the State of South Carolina. He jumped to security in 2012 and has done a little of everything. He reads because he has a strong passion to learn. One of his most recent reads was a Douglas Adams series that included The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (hence the title). He also enjoys Overwatch and forcing his kids on a 13 mile backpacking camping trip. Fin.