API Security

Securing API's and BEST Practices

The world of software and products are turned upside down by API's and the meteoric rise of micro-services and standard interaction design patterns means API's are the way to go. This means the "Intra" and "Inter" communication between the components and stakeholders are becoming increasingly challenging to secure.

APIs have become the de-facto standard method for building modern applications like SAAS & Container Platforms, Cloud applications and Micro-service products. The attack surface of these implementations have become quite broader in recent years and hence the security wrapper is of utmost importance

Best Practices

The traditional attacks on software's are now redirected against API's. Code Injection, Cross-site scripting (XSS), Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, Credential Stuffing are increasingly common

Some of the best practices are

Prioritise security at start of the project
API manifest and classification should be mandated
Strong IAM (Identity and Management solution) is a must
Principle of least privilege and granularity
100% Encryption of API's and endpoints
Need to know basis and don't expose more data than necessary
Input and output validation
Web Application Firewalls (WAF) at various tiers

DATA TO Your ASSISTANCE

The reactive method to detect leaks from API is collecting stats and auditing data from your API application. This requires expert Big Data analytics and alerting mechanism

We provide consultancy on Securing your API's in best way possible and it has to start at Development stage. Hence the more early you involve the consultation, the best you can protect. Also we provide most advanced big data and analytics solution thus providing a robust protection at Application tier.

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