The unsung hero of today’s modern networks is the application program interface (API), the tiny programs and protocols that act as the bridges bringing users, networks, systems and information together. But they also make it difficult to connect legacy systems such as application servers with modern tools like smartphones. And, they are often targeted by attackers, because whoever controls the bridges can compromise or control the network.
There are lots of ways to try and manage APIs, from hand-written code that addresses a specific instance to systems that can install thousands of agents to generate APIs when needed.
