Financial datamustbe kept secure. That means addressing compliance and security requirements fromPSD2 and open banking, among others. These requirements includestrong customer authentication (SCA). Here at Akana, we help banks secure APIs and gain competitive advantages. ...
connections and making re-authentication obligatory for overuse is always a good idea. It may appear that you are exercising excessive control, but it is always best to err on the side of caution.
The security gap of API gateways: API gateways can enforce authentication and, to some degree, authorization schemes, but do not inspect payloads (as do WAFs and WAAPs), nor do they profile behavior to detect abuse What are the most common API misconfiguration errors?
Securing API vulnerabilities should be a critical aspect of any company’s security strategy. API security requires a comprehensive approach that includes assessing key domains such as authentication, authorization, input validation, and logical vulnerabilities. In this blog, we outlined some of the bes...
Learn about API security, the common threats and best practices, and how Imperva API Security can help protect your APIs from cyberattacks.
原文标题:Best practices for REST API security: Authentication and authorization 原文链接:https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/10/06/best-practices-for-authentication-and-authorization-for-rest-apis/ 大多数使用现代 Web 框架的应用程序都会有一个或多个 REST API 。 REST 是构建 Web API 的 一种简单而灵活的...
API Security Best Practices Robust Authentication and Authorization OAuth 2.0: Implement secure authorization without exposing sensitive user credentials. API Keys: Assign unique keys to applications for authentication and usage tracking. JSON Web Tokens (JWT): Utilize lightweight tokens for secure data tr...
Web/HTTP Application Programming Interfaces (API) have unique threat models, security concerns, and authentication modes that are distinct from standard web applications. Much of this difference is because standalone APIs cannot rely on basic browser security features to help limit the scope of actions...
Figure 1. Raygun's API security layers To mitigate risks, Raygun uses several layers of security for our APIs. All calls are done with a customer's API key and authentication credentials. A simple first layer is to offer a "regenerate authentication credentials " option. If you choose to re...
Security testing.Security testing requires developers to submit standard requests using an API client to assess the quality and correctness of system responses. Conducting regular API security tests — for example, penetration tests, injection tests, user authentication tests, parameter tampering tests and...