Driving innovation through External APIs without putting your business
summary
68% of organizations use private APIs and 52% use third‑party APIs, while 89% of developers use APIs and 69% use third‑party ones, so reliance on external services is widespread. Consumption creates shadow APIs that introduce three concrete risks: security gaps, business dependency failures (examples: outages cascading across services), and compliance exposure. Practical measures are to build an API knowledge base, map API data flows, integrate governance into the dev workflow, and vet providers (examples in e‑commerce Shopify/Shippo and fintech using Plaid and Galileo). Bearer.sh is building a discovery/management platform with design partners.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:34APIs are everywhere
- 7:16Fintech
- 10:54Risk
- 12:16Risks
- 18:10Api Governance
- 23:39Mapping API Data Flow
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