Are You Effectively Addressing API Security? – Michael Borohovski – BH20 #1
All applications use APIs—they’re nothing new to the development world. But are organizations factoring API security into their broader security strategy effectively?
We’ve seen high-profile breaches at well-known companies stemming from their exposure or use of insecure API endpoints. This raises the question of how your software security initiative addresses the controls you need to ensure the APIs you use and produce are secure.
Within this segment, Michael Borohovski will discuss key considerations when designing APIs, along with security controls and security testing that could make or break your software.
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Michael “Borski” Borohovski is Director of Software Engineering within the Synopsys Software Integrity Group. He co-founded and was CTO of Tinfoil Security, a SaaS company providing security tooling to DevOps teams, prior to the company’s acquisition by Synopsys in January 2020. With over thirteen years of experience in cybersecurity, Borski has made it his mission to empower developers and protect their work from those seeking to cause mischief. He is also a co-inventor on four patents—with an additional four pending. He holds a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from MIT.