API Security in Action (Paperback)

Neil Madden

ISBN 10: 1617296023 / ISBN 13: 9781617296024

Verlag: Manning Publications, New York, 2021

Beschreibung

Paperback. For developers with intermediate Java knowledge and experience building RESTful APIs. API Security in Action shows you how to create secure web APIs that you can confidently share with your business partners and expose for public usage. Security expert Neil Madden takes you under the hood of modern API security concepts, including token-based authentication for flexible multi-user security, bootstrapping a secure environment in a Kubernetes microservices architecture, and using lightweight cryptography to secure an IoT device. Chapter-by-chapter, youll build new layers of security onto a basic social network API, mastering techniques to protect against increasingly complex threat models and hostile environments. When youre done, youll have the practical skills to design and implement APIs that are safe from most common attacks and are ready for the threats of tomorrow. The main API security controls: authentication, authorization, audit logging, rate limiting, and encryption Token-based authentication in web browsers and mobile clients Cloud Key Management Services in a Kubernetes environment Delegated authorization using OAuth 2.0 Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781617296024

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: API Security in Action (Paperback)
• Verlag: Manning Publications, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1617296023
• ISBN-13: 9781617296024
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

For developers with intermediate Java knowledge and experience building RESTful APIs.

 

API Security in Action shows you how to create secure web APIs that you can confidently share with your business partners and expose for public usage. Security expert Neil Madden takes you under the hood of modern API security concepts, including token-based authentication for flexible multi-user security, bootstrapping a secure environment in a Kubernetes microservices architecture, and using lightweight cryptography to secure an IoT device. Chapter-by-chapter, you’ll build new layers of security onto a basic social network API, mastering techniques to protect against increasingly complex threat models and hostile environments. When you’re done, you’ll have the practical skills to design and implement APIs that are safe from most common attacks and are ready for the threats of tomorrow.

 

• The main API security controls: authentication, authorization, audit logging, rate limiting, and encryption
• Token-based authentication in web browsers and mobile clients
• Cloud Key Management Services in a Kubernetes environment
• Delegated authorization using OAuth 2.0

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Neil Madden is Security Director at ForgeRock and has an in-depth knowledge of applied cryptography, application security, and current API security technologies. He has worked as a programmer for 20 years and holds a PhD in Computer Science.