Brenton House
Vice President, Digital Evangelism at Software AG
Brenton House is an ex-hacker, developer, API cybersecurity strategist, and VP of Digital Evangelism at Software AG. He is probably best known for his popular and creative YouTube channel where he talks about APIs and Cybersecurity.
In his 25+ years of experience, he's worked across many industries including broadcasting, advertising, retail, financial services, supply chain, transportation, technology, and publishing -- gaining a breadth of knowledge on all things APIs and Integrations. His diverse experience and unique creative skill sets have enabled him to equip organizations in creating innovative products that captivate and delight.
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API Security Lessons from Sherlock Holmes
What can we learn about API Security from the great detective Sherlock Holmes? If you carefully follow the clues left behind, you can find three principles and best practices that can be valuable to secure your APIs today. Software AG's API Strategist, Brenton House, presented a keynote address at DeveloperWeek Cloud where he walks everyone through the steps to becoming… -
Integration & APIs
What are you doing about API security?
APIs drive everything in this current economy; from smartphones to smart watches to smart cars, people use smart API-connected devices and tools for their work and play. Industry verticals such as banking, retail, healthcare, and even government, are dependent on APIs for their mission-critical operations. Earlier, Gartner had predicted that, by 2022, API abuses will move from infrequent to the most-frequent… -
Integration & APIs
API security: Shield your APIs from attackers
APIs are everywhere and many of them handle sensitive and valuable data that can be very attractive to a potential attacker. This has made them one most frequent cyberattack targets in 2022. So why are APIs being targeted? Part of the reason is that they are powering most things: No matter what industry or government sector you examine, you will… -
Integration & APIs
Your API program: What happens in a minute?
Sixty seconds may not seem like a lot of time, but it is enough time for a lot to happen: --UPS will deliver 11,319 packages--Apple will make a little over $70k dollars--Over $3 million dollars will be donated to charities around the world. Even more can happen in a digital minute. In fact, according to the 2021 results compiled by Domo, a lot… -
Integration & APIs
Ten hot API integration trends for 2022
APIs are taking the world by storm and, as they evolve, there are some important trends to pay attention to in 2022 and beyond. Here are the top ten API trends: NUMBER 10: API economy growth The API economy is not just about selling access to your APIs and data, it is much more than this. It's about: Revolutionizing how enterprises are… -
Integration & APIs
So… you think your APIs are secure?
APIs are everywhere - and API security is of the utmost importance for every organization. Because I have spent my entire career in the world of APIs and Internet applications, I have seen first-hand some of the vulnerabilities that can exist with APIs. According to a recent Gartner CIO and Technical Executive survey, cyber and information security are at the top of… -
Integration & APIs
10 keys to a winning API developer portal experience
Let's face it; the end-to-end experience for developers using your APIs isn’t always perfect. But why is that? What is the difference between an API experience that is a smash hit and one that is not? Sometimes, it is based on how the API itself works. If the API isn’t reliable, you’re out of luck. But more often it succeeds or fails…
