Navigating governance: APIs, event APIs and events

API governance has matured significantly, addressing the challenges of managing sprawling API landscapes with established patterns and practices, while event governance is still developing. At the Tyk LEAP 2.0 API governance conference, experts like Ahmet Soormally and Swen Helge-Huber discussed the importance of integrating API and event API governance to handle event sprawl, which arises from the complex, infrastructure-centric nature of event-driven architectures. The AsyncAPI standard is emerging as a crucial tool for governing these architectures by providing consistency across API styles and addressing the unique challenges of event management. Effective governance involves not only tools like Solace Event Portal and Tyk Streams but also collaboration among various teams within organizations. This holistic approach enables the creation of reusable components and a unified developer experience, emphasizing the need for inclusive governance that aligns with existing processes and development lifecycles to enhance both security and functionality.