Un leader des services bancaires

Gabriel Greenfield was approached by an international banking services leader as part of the implementation of the API First program to strengthen its team of API architects and to choose a scalable API design tool.

Set up an API repository, golden source of all known APIs or those under development
Made an inventory of legacy APIs and build a remediation roadmap
Supported the implementation of an integration architecture with the API Management solution
Defined, developed and ensured compliance with API design best practices and security
API evangelization with business and technical teams
Execute and improve the API Governance process
Ensure compliance with security standards within the API perimeter
Introduction of new API security audit practices and tools (e.g. Dynamic Application Security Testing)
Managed API design development teams with heterogeneous profiles
Benchmarked API design tools at scale
Facilitated design adapted to different designer profiles
Accelerate the creation of APIs in accordance with established best practices
Structured and scalable collaborative development environment
Automated handling of data model definition
Acceleration of the technical and functional validation process of the API design
Support of market standards (Open API 3.X, AsyncAPI, GraphQL, gRPC…)
Integration in a DevOps tool chain
Deployed the chosen solution
Helped the teams learn how to use and adopt the chosen API design tools

Our intervention is part of a process to support our client in their API First development strategy, in particular:

Improved API Provider/Consumer journey during the onboarding phase on the API Management solution
Save time during the design phase thanks to reusable assets
Introducing graphic design to facilitate design for business teams
Development and business teams are more aware of the challenges of APIs and the importance of respecting governance rules
Production of APIs compliant with security standards validated by the Group's Security Expertise unit
Improving API security through strengthening the vulnerability detection system

Gabriel Greenfield employs certified and experienced architects in API Design and Security
Using accelerators such as our benchmarking approach and the DAST Framework
Gabriel Greenfield contributed his DevOps experience to the integration of API design tools into a CI/CD pipeline