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• June 22, 2023

Reduce Complexity and Cost by automating APIs on any platform

Marilena Müller
Head of Product & Marketing

APIs have become indispensable for interconnecting different systems and applications, as businesses embrace digital transformation. However, managing multiple APIs manually can be a complex and costly task. This is where automating APIs can come in handy. By automating your APIs, you can reduce complexity, improve security and compliance, and save costs. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits of automating APIs and how the APIIDA API Control Plane can help.

The Benefits of Automating APIs

Firstly, automating APIs can help you standardize and streamline processes, reducing manual errors and increasing efficiency. With automation, you can set up processes to retrieve and send data between your systems without requiring any manual intervention. This can free up your IT team, allowing them to focus on more strategic initiatives. Moreover, processes that require consistent application can be done easily, accurately and without any human error.

Secondly, automating APIs can improve security and compliance by providing consistent and standardized access to sensitive data. When handling sensitive data, regulatory compliance, and security must be taken seriously. Automation makes it possible to ensure that access to data is only granted to those people who are supposed to get it and not to anyone else on the network. This can help reduce the risk of data breaches, making sure that all security measures are in line with established security protocols. Automation also allows you to set up processes to audit and monitor application activity for compliance with internal policies as well as external regulations such as GDPR.

In conclusion, automating APIs can be beneficial in multiple ways to your organization, including reduced complexity, improved security and compliance, and cost savings. Automation frees up your IT team by standardizing and streamlining processes, reducing complexity and errors, making the processes more efficient and trustworthy. Furthermore, automation reduces the risk of non-compliance with regulatory requirements and ensures better security protocols. Automation ultimately leads to cost savings by reducing resource consumption, while also enabling better return on investments and cost-benefit analyses.

How the APIIDA API Control Plane can help

The APIIDA API Control Plane is a useful tool to bring all API-related changes and activities on one central control plane where automated rules and governance are easily and securely enforced. It provides a complete solution for managing APIs on any platform. The APIIDA API Control Plane provides easy-to-use tools that ensure a faster and more secure way of automating all your API workflows. It provides user-friendly interface for the management of APIs and helps to reduce complexity, improve security and compliance, and save costs.

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