With an increased number of public and internally developed APIs offering a wide range of functionality (that is, access to Software as a Service (SaaS applications), bank transactions, artificial intelligence, and address services, to name a few), it can be quite tempting for developers to quickly incorporate the use of all sorts of APIs within their applications.
However, doing so in an uncontrolled manner can, and will most likely, result in what some call a hyperconnectivity mess. This is when IT systems are interconnected and dependent on APIs, but no one within the enterprise really has visibility and/or understanding of this. Not only can this result in a serious gap in accountability when issues occur, ...
