API Security for the Cloud: Tales from the Trenches

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Presented at CloudIdentitySummit 2014 by

Ross Garrett

Cloud technologies and mobile devices are transforming interactions with organizations via APIs. APIs present an endless opportunity for businesses to generate revenue, engage customers and collaborate with partners; Gartner even predicts 50% of B2B collaboration will occur via Web APIs by 2016. This API Economy creates new IT complexity and presents risks for businesses when not implemented and managed securely. This presentation will discuss examples of organizations securing APIs, examining the API security state of play for the cloud. Questions that will be answered include: How are organizations implementing OAuth? How are they Managing Keys? What are real-world examples of API security?