Shadow API: O Que É, Riscos e Como Prevenir

A shadow API is an undocumented, unmanaged endpoint that emerges from rapid development, legacy code, or unauthorized changes, posing significant security, compliance, and operational risks. Unlike zombie APIs which were once documented but later abandoned, shadow APIs were never formally tracked. Organizations should use centralized API management platforms and governance practices to discover, monitor, and prevent shadow APIs from becoming attack vectors.