How to Secure APIs in the Age of AI & Cloud?

Ship faster. Stay safe. Worry less.
Every product today runs on APIs. They connect your apps, power your features, and move your data around. But here’s the catch: the same APIs are also the easiest way in for attackers.
And with AI + cloud in the mix, attacks aren’t just script-kiddie level anymore. They’re faster, smarter, and sneakier.
This session is about making sure your APIs don’t become tomorrow’s headline.
## What We’ll Talk About (without the fluff)

• How AI is changing the way APIs get attacked
• The mistakes most teams make with cloud-first APIs
• How to design APIs with security baked in (without slowing devs down)
• The API security lifecycle, from design to deploy to monitor
• The “oh no” stories: real security slip-ups you don’t want to repeat
• The toolstack that actually works in 2025

## Who This Is For

• Developers who don’t want to wake up to “your API is leaking data”
• Tech leads who care about scale and safety
• Founders and product folks who want to get security right early
• DevOps/infra people tired of firefighting breaches at midnight

## Meet Your Host: Yashank Jhamb
I’ve spent years building APIs and scaling systems for startups, from fintech and banking to AI tools.
I’ve also seen how one careless misstep in API design can snowball into sleepless nights and huge costs.
In this session, I’ll share a builder’s view of API security: practical, no-BS, and rooted in real mistakes (including some I’ve had to fix the hard way).
## You’ll Leave With

• A simple API security checklist you can actually follow
• A cheatsheet of common vulnerabilities and fixes
• A starter monitoring + defense stack you can plug into your workflow
• A secure API demo you can tinker with
• $40 worth of Udemy courses + extra resources

This isn’t another “security talk” where you leave with 50 buzzwords and zero answers.
It’s a hands-on session for people who build.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3u_y16o1Rp2jkhtCIlJTKA
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