State of API Security: Financial Services and Insurance
API security is a pressing concern for industries undergoing digital transformation, and none more so than financial services and insurance.
API security is a pressing concern for industries undergoing digital transformation, and none more so than financial services and insurance.
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses heavily rely on various technology solutions to drive their success. However, managing multiple point solutions can become overwhelming, often requiring different partners or Managed Service Providers (MSPs). At Xalient, we understand these challenges and have developed a robust partner ecosystem to simplify and enhance the technology experience for our customers.
AI has become a hot topic thanks to the recent headlines around the large language model (LLM) AI with a simple interface — ChatGPT. Since then, the AI field has been vibrant, with several major actors racing to provide ever-bigger, better, and more versatile models. Players like Microsoft, NVidia, Google, Meta, and open source projects have all published a list of new models. In fact, a leaked Google document makes it seem that these models will be ubiquitous and available to everyone soon.
An insecure direct object reference (IDOR) is a security vulnerability that occurs when a system’s implementation allows attackers to directly access and manipulate sensitive objects or resources without authorization checks. For example, an IDOR can arise when an application provides direct access to objects based on user-supplied input, allowing an attacker to bypass authorization.