Shield your backend from outside attacks with API Managers
summary
API Management platforms act as a centralized security layer that enforces three levels of pre-authorization—what the caller is, which APIs they can reach, and which methods they can invoke—via an API Gateway smart reverse proxy plus policies for rate limiting, mTLS/client certificates, payload/schema validation (JSON/XML), allowlists and circuit breakers. They integrate observability and offload granularity that WAFs miss, support RASP/IDS/IPS and products like Kong, Gravitee and Google’s offerings, and thereby reduce API-specific risks without overloading the backend.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00API security and API Managers
- 3:21API security risks and threats
- 7:16Zero-day loop in API dev
- 10:56Defense in depth for APIs
- 14:51API Managers vs WAFs
- 21:18Core API management features
- 24:11Auth and auth with API Managers
- 34:09Three API security levels
- 35:10Unsafe consumption of APIs and mitigation strategies
- 40:10Best practices for API security
- 43:23Summary
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