Hello listeners, welcome back to this month’s episode of Delve the podcast!

Today we're delving into API security. APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces are a way for different software applications to communicate with each other. They define a set of rules and protocols for how data should be exchanged between the app. In web development, APIs are used to access the functionality and data of a web app from a different programme or website.

And there's BILLIONS of them out there, used in ever conceivable way. Stop levels, weather feeds, time and calculations. You name it! A web app and API exists for it, so they've become intensely interesting for the cyber bad guys to exploit, which is exactly why we have API and web app security technology. Today we are joined by Gene Fay, CEO of API security specialist ThreatX.

About Gene Fay

Gene Fay is the CEO of API and application protection company ThreatX. Gene has a lengthy track record as an executive at technology companies, including COO at White Ops, General Manager at Resilient Systems (acquired by IBM), and VP of Worldwide Sales and Global Alliances of Network Intelligence (acquired by EMC and integrated into RSA).

Discussion Points

• Becoming the CEO of ThreatX; how did that happen?
• What the heck is an API?
• What do people have to go through to find API security as a problem?
• Everyone uses APIs, why doesn’t everyone know about API security?
• How has Gene shaped and managed the ThreatX platform?
• What's a rouge API?
• Why are there so many APIs?
• Marketing in the IT Channel
• How do businesses separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to API security?
• ThreatX is more than just API security
• ThreatX and beyond
• DDos attacks and Bots
• Is there anyone like ThreatX on the market?
• Advice on getting API security recognised at a board level in an organisation
• Which tech topic has tickled Gene's taste buds and why?

Sources Mentioned

• ThreatX
• ThreatX Academy
• Darknet Diaries
• Executive Security Podcast

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👇 Learn more about Distology here:

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👇 Learn more about ThreatX here:

www.distology.com/vendor/threatx

https://www.linkedin.com/company/threatx

https://www.threatx.com

About Delve

Delve is a technology podcast, where your host, Lance Williams, is joined by guests to tackle technology topics that need exploring, unpacking and in some cases, de-mystifying in our brave and boundary-less IT world. Available on all podcast platforms, please subscribe and tune in each month as Lance interviews special guests from the cybersecurity world and beyond.