Spotlight: Traceable CSO Richard Bird on Securing the API Economy

**Executive summary:** This interview with Traceable AI CSO Richard Bird examines the growing risks in the API economy—how APIs can be abused for data theft and lateral movement, the need to eliminate implied/persistent trust through Zero Trust and behavioral API monitoring, challenges with developer adoption of security, and the limitations of current policy and incident reporting—offering guidance on design and monitoring practices rather than detailing a specific cyber incident.