Bad Bots are Targeting Your APIs: What You Need to Know – Karl Triebes – ASW #219
While APIs enable innovation, they’re increasingly targeted as a pathway to data. API abuses are often carried out through automated attacks, in which a botnet floods the API with unwanted traffic—seeking vulnerable applications and unprotected data. In this discussion, Karl Triebes shares what you need to know about the automated bot threats targeting your APIs with guidance on how to protect your applications and APIs from these attacks. This segment is sponsored by Imperva. Visit https://securityweekly.com/imperva to learn more about them!
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For over three decades, Karl Triebes has helped conceive and build products, services, and businesses for networking, application software, storage, and cloud. At Imperva, he leads product management for the Application Security business unit, driving product innovation for customers. Prior, he was Executive Vice President of Product Development and CTO at F5. Triebes has also held senior leadership positions with Amazon Web Services, Foundry Networks, and Alcatel.