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Enterprises often host their backend services within private internal networks, whether in on-premises data centers or restricted cloud environments. This setup is essential for protecting sensitive data, meeting compliance requirements, and reducing exposure to external threats. But it also introduces a major hurdle: how do you let external consumers and partners access the right APIs without opening unnecessary doors into your private infrastructure?

Vietnam is one of Asia's most significant high-growth markets for open banking adoption. With a young, tech-savvy population, rapid digital adoption, and a vibrant fintech ecosystem, the country is uniquely positioned to leapfrog traditional banking models. Vietnam's financial sector is ripe for mobile-first innovation. The country has roughly 49 financial institutions and an internet penetration rate approaching 80% supported by a youthful, digitally proficient population.

In January this year, financial institutions across the EU were faced with a clear mandate – the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA): to ensure digital resilience, maintain service continuity and strengthen oversight of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) partners.

At least, the old version of it, the painstaking, build-it-all-yourself, duct-tape-and-dashboards era. If you’ve been around long enough, you’ve seen this movie before. Remember when system engineers were the backbone of IT? Then AWS came along, and in a matter of years, many system engineers evolved into cloud engineers, shifting from racking servers to designing scalable cloud architectures. The role didn’t disappear. It transformed.

Continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) in API management refers to the automation of building, testing, publishing, and promoting APIs across environments (development, staging, and production) using CI/CD practices. It brings DevOps principles to the API lifecycle, enabling faster and more reliable API releases.

With vibe coding, you can build complex applications using powerful AI tools that offer a conversational experience, letting AI handle the heavy lifting. But what happens after you've built your app? You might have a three-tier web application connected to a database running locally, but taking it live—ensuring it’s connected, secure, and production-ready—can be a complex process that disrupts your flow. What if deploying your app was just as easy as building it?

The increasing use of AI agents in enterprise workflows introduces new identity and security vulnerabilities that conventional identity and access management (IAM) systems are under-equipped to address. Here’s how to close the gap. AI agents are no longer a futuristic concept. They’re booking meetings, writing emails, generating code, automating internal workflows, and making autonomous decisions on behalf of humans or systems, or on their own.

Growing business demands require enterprises to manage a vast number of APIs. The volume and complexity of these integrations make maintaining quality a challenge. To address this, governing the API lifecycle—from design to retirement—has become essential. API management vendors are therefore developing tools and frameworks to assist.

At WSO2, our mission is to deliver exceptional digital experiences. We believe that this commitment, combined with our company culture rooted in honesty and transparency, is why organizations worldwide continue to place their trust in us. We're thrilled to share our customer satisfaction scores for the first half of 2025. These results, which reflect our dedication to our customers, include a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 61 and a Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) score of 4.46 out of 5.

APIs are the backbone of modern applications, and securing them is essential. WSO2 API Manager provides a comprehensive set of tools to help developers secure APIs, from the gateway to the backend.