> According to Gartner's 2023 hype cycle for APIs, API security testing was at the top. Sitting at the so-called "peak of inflated expectations," API security companies will most surely enjoy two to five years until the industry matures.<p>Ok.<p>> Today, though, API security testing is navigating Gartner's infamous "trough of disillusionment" showing that it's trying to become mature.<p>Lost me.<p>So in 2003 it was projected they would be around for 2-5 years, but now (2024) they’re in Gartner trough of disillusionment… showing that they’re becoming mature. (?)<p>> There's clearly money to be made in the API security area … In other words, what these companies sell is a painkiller that doesn't fix the security problem but, instead, provides a way to discover and mitigate it.<p>???<p>It feels like this is the example of “bad, making things complicated deliberately”, ok, sure, but what does this have to do with the trough of disillusionment and becoming mature? How are those two things relevant or related? Why is it significant that the 2023 / 2024 out looks are so different? How is this “companies making money” related to the trough of disillusionment?<p>I feel like if I just skim the article without trying to actually understand anything it’s saying I get a general sense of what they’re saying but damn I’m struggling with it when I read it closely.<p>:/