By Mamoon Yunus | Date posted: August 18, 2017
API Security is complex! Vendors like Forum Systems, IBM, CA and Axway have invested almost 2 decades of engineering effort and significant capital in building API Security stacks to lockdown APIs. The API Security stack diagram shown below is essential for rapidly locking down APIs. In this article, we review “The Four Pillars of API Security” — SSL, Identity, Content Validation and Architecture.
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API Security Stack |
Before addressing the Four Pillars of API Security, it is essential to recognize that a robust PKI is a must for enterprise-grade API Security. Without proper key life-cycle management, the API Security Pillars cannot be built.
Once a solid PKI foundation is in place, an organization can build API Security Pillars on this foundation. Without a robust PKI foundation to stand on, API security pillars will collapse. With a solid foundation and strong pillars, a corporation’s API attack surface area is significantly reduced. To deploy API Security, we recommend the following four pillars:
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