Recently I wrote about the excitement I feel working within CA. This company is full of talented people, and when you draw on their capabilities, amazing stuff happens. Here in R&D we have some innovative solutions underway that are a tangible result of CA and Layer 7 working well together. I can’t reveal these yet, but you can see the same 1+1=3 equation at work in other groups throughout the organization.
Here is a good example. It’s an eBook we’ve assembled to help managers and developers build more secure APIs. The material started with a presentation I first delivered at a recent RSA show. We updated this with best practices developed by real customers facing real challenges. The content is solid, but what I love is the final product. It’s accessible, easy to digest, and the layout is fantastic. Half the battle is delivering the message so that it’s clear, approachable and actionable. This is just what we delivered. And best of all, it’s free.
The last year has been a difficult one in security. The Snowden affair made people talk about security; this, at least, is good and the dialog continues today. But if 2013 was a year of difficult revelation, 2014 is going to be about back-to-basics security.
APIs offer tremendous business value to enterprise computing. But they also represent a potential threat. You can manage this risk with a solid foundation and good basic practices, but you need to know where to start. This is the theme of our new eBook. It offers simple guidelines, not tied to a particular technology. You should apply these whenever you deploy APIs.
I hope you find this eBook useful. As always, I’d love to hear your feedback.
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