Welcome to the 7th post in our weekly series on the new 2023 OWASP API Security Top-10 list, with a particular focus on security practitioners. This post will focus on API6:2023 Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows. In this series we are taking an in-depth look at each category – the details, the impact and what you can do about it.
AI has already revolutionized the way we work. ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Zendesk AI are just a few of the tools that are taking over day-to-day tasks like generating customer support emails, de-bugging code, and much, much more. Yet despite all of these advancements, security teams are under more intense pressure than ever to mitigate rapidly evolving risks. Paired with a growing shortage of over 3.4 million cybersecurity workers, security teams are in need of a solution—and fast.