When it comes to the next big data breach, it’s never a matter of if, but a discussion of when. This time, the target was identity and access management firm OneLogin, which recently shut down its U.S. data center due … Read More … Read More
API Security
The President’s New EO Gets the Gist of NIST
President Trump introduced his long-awaited Cybersecurity Executive Order last month. While some focused on its similarities to EO 13636 issued by the Obama administration more than four years earlier, we were more concerned with, and quite frankly, excited by, the … Read More … Read More
PSD2: An Open Concept in Banking Mandating the Use of APIs
Authentication and Authorization: Reducing The Risk While Still Enabling Collaboration
Keeping the “Internet of Things” Simple
Multiple Layers of Wallpaper and API Access
In one episode of the television show This Old House, a homeowner needed to install a new electrical outlet. As he began to peel back the existing wallpaper it revealed another layer of wallpaper. Underneath the newfound layer of wallpaper … Read More … Read More
Why Security Certifications Matter
We recently announced that Forum Sentry is the first and only API gateway to attain compliance with the internationally recognized Network Device Protection Profile (NDPP) certification. We are also the only FIPS- and DoD-certified cloud integration technology in the industry. … Read More … Read More
EAL Certification is Dead
In October of 2009, the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), transitioned away from Evaluation Assurance Levels (EAL) and moved to Protection Profiles (PP). NIAP made the move to PPs because EAL requirements gave a false level of security. … Read More
Three Federated API Requirements for Enterprise Cloud Computing
Successful enterprise API implementations are built on a set of localized, project-level efforts with services that have clearly identified and accountable business and technology owners. Ownership defines an API domain. Deciding what services are core to a business owner and should … Read More … Read More