Jeff Williams will discuss new ways of improving security posture and defending against full classes of vulnerabilities to prevent destructive cyber attacks 

Contrast Security (Contrast), the code security platform built for developers and trusted by security, today announced its Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Jeff Williams will talk about "Lessons Learned from Securing Hundreds of Thousands of Real World Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)" session at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit on June 6 in National Harbor, MD.

What: During the "Lessons Learned from Securing Hundreds of Thousands of Real World APIs" session, Williams will explain how identifying and protecting against all the vulnerabilities in code, libraries, frameworks, app servers and runtimes used to build APIs have become a major challenge for enterprises. Previously, organizations only had two unsatisfactory options to pick from when looking at APIs: Pressure developers to do more, or Install perimeter protection. The audience will walk away with a better understanding of the third path that is now available: Hardening software stacks to strategically prevent entire classes of common vulnerabilities.

When: 12:55 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 6

Where: Theater 4 Prince George's Hall, Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland

According to the Gartner® report Predicts 2022: APIs Demand Improved Security and Management, "API security challenges have emerged as a top concern for most software engineering leaders, as unmanaged and unsecured APIs create vulnerabilities that could accelerate multimillion dollar security incidents." Contrast expanded its API capabilities within the Contrast Secure Code Platform to allow engineering teams to streamline their continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and embed security protection into production APIs. As a result, teams can effectively and efficiently build APIs without having to sacrifice security or miss critical development deadlines.