What are Shadow APIs? | API Security Discovery Series Ep. 1
In this first episode of our API Discovery Series, Caleb Egan, AppSec Engineer at RiverSafe, introduces the concept of Shadow APIs.
You’ll learn:
What shadow APIs are (with a simple everyday example)
Why they often go unnoticed or undocumented
How they can impact your systems and security
This sets the stage for the rest of the series, where we’ll explore how to spot, monitor, and manage shadow APIs effectively.