API security in action

APIs control data sharing in every service, server, data store, and web client. Modern data-centric designs-- including microservices and cloud-native applications-- demand a comprehensive, multi-layered approach to security for both private and public-facing APIs. "API security in action&quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Madden, Neil (Computer programmer), author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Shelter Island, New York : Manning Publications [2020]
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009631174306719
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Foundations. 1. What is API security?
  • 2. Secure API development
  • 3. Securing the Natter API
  • Part 2. Token-based authentication. 4. Session cookie authentication
  • 5. Modern token-based authentication
  • 6. Self-contained tokens and JWTs
  • Part 3. Authorization. 7. OAuth2 and OpenID connect
  • 8. Identity-based access control
  • 9. Capability-based security and macaroons
  • Part 4. Microservice APIs in Kubernetes. 10. Microservice APIs in Kubernetes
  • 11. Securing service-to-service APIs
  • Part 5. APIs for the Internet of Things. 12. Securing IoT communications
  • 13. Securing IoT APIs.