This white paper explains why APIs have become one of the most critical attack surfaces as organizations accelerate cloud adoption, microservices, containerization, and agile development. It presents a practical five-step framework for building continuous API security: foster a security-first culture, create a complete API inventory, automate remediation and integrate security workflows, embed security earlier through shift-left development, and continuously test APIs throughout their lifecycle. The guide emphasizes visibility into shadow, zombie, and dormant APIs, automated threat detection, policy-driven governance, and real-time monitoring to reduce risk without slowing innovation. By treating API security as an ongoing operational process rather than a one-time project, organizations c

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