APIs

CNCF Launches Integrated API Gateway and Ingress Controller Project
The technical oversight committee for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced today that an emissary-ingress gateway for application programming interfaces (APIs) and an ingress controller designed to run natively on Kubernetes, ...

As API Threats Multiply, Cybersecurity Lags
Things are heating up for APIs. API-based startups are catching the eye of investors. Forbes recently called the API economy the “next big thing.” But as they multiply, so do security threats ...

Using Machine Learning and Kubernetes Logs to Automate Security Threat Detection
The audit log is a rich source of information on activity within your Kubernetes environment and a valuable tool for detecting threats Kubernetes is quickly consolidating its place as the leading container ...

Aqua Security Surfaces Threat to Container Hosts
Aqua Security this week reported a new type of cyberattack that exploits Docker application programming interfaces (APIs) to build and run a malicious container image on the host. Asaf Morag, lead data ...

TriggerMesh Leverages Kubernetes to Simplify Building Event-Driven Apps
TriggerMesh this week launched a preview of a platform that promises to make it easier to integrate any type of event-driven application or service. Designed to be deployed on top of a ...

Styra Brings Compliance Controls to Microservices
Styra today announced it has extended the Styra Declarative Authorization Service (DAS) for automating compliance management to now include support for both microservices and the service mesh platforms that are relied on ...

Portshift Secures Kubernetes APIs
Portshift today unveiled an extension to its lineup of container security offerings to secure Kubernetes application programming interfaces (APIs). Zohar Kaufman, vice president of research and development for Portshift, says Extended Kubernetes ...

Software AG Layers App Mesh Over Service Meshes
Software AG this week launched webMethods AppMesh, a configurable control plane based on its application programming interface (API) management platform that is designed to be deployed on top of any service mesh ...

Aqua Security Issues Docker API Alert
Aqua Security has issued an alert that notes the volume of cybersecurity attacks designed to exploit misconfigured open Docker Daemon application programming interface (API) ports is rising sharply. Specifically, the company reports ...

Datawire Streamlines App Dev on Kubernetes Platforms
Datawire has added a Service Preview to a platform it created to manage application programming interfaces (APIs) for load balancing and ingress to a Kubernetes cluster. The Ambassador Edge Stack was launched ...