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Defending APIs

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Product type Book

Published in Feb 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781804617120

Pages 384 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Author (1):

Colin Domoney

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Foundations of API Security

2. Chapter 1: What Is API Security?

3. Chapter 2: Understanding APIs

4. Chapter 3: Understanding Common API Vulnerabilities

5. Chapter 4: Investigating Recent Breaches

6. Part 2: Attacking APIs

7. Chapter 5: Foundations of Attacking APIs

8. Chapter 6: Discovering APIs

9. Chapter 7: Attacking APIs

10. Part 3: Defending APIs

11. Chapter 8: Shift-Left for API Security

12. Chapter 9: Defending against Common Vulnerabilities

13. Chapter 10: Securing Your Frameworks and Languages

14. Chapter 11: Shield Right for APIs with Runtime Protection

15. Chapter 12: Securing Microservices

16. Chapter 13: Implementing an API Security Strategy

17. Index

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Thinking like an attacker

The most powerful piece of advice I could offer any API builder or defender is to think like an attacker. As discussed in the opening section, developers may not have a perspective on or insight into how an attacker can exploit an API. Unfortunately, as we have seen in Chapter 4, Case Studies of Recent Breaches, it is all too easy to become the victim of an API attack.

So, where does a developer start on their journey toward building more secure APIs?

Equip yourself with a toolbox and set of resources: By far the most comprehensive list of API-security resources is the Awesome API Security GitHub repository: https://github.com/arainho/awesome-api-security.
Start with learning material: There are great tutorials on YouTube, and an API-security course is even available for free online. OWASP as always is a fantastic reference.
Test your own APIs: Use Postman and/or the reverse proxy tool to interact with your own APIs. Try to do things in...

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Authors (1)

Colin Domoney

Colin Domoney (BSc. MSc. CSSLP, CEH) is an API Security Research Specialist and Developer Advocate with deep expertise in the development of secure software. As VP of AppSec, he took on the challenge of securing software on a large scale and running the global AppSec program at Deutsche Bank. At Veracode, as an evangelist, he produces countless webinars, and blog posts, and speak globally at conferences. Currently, he has embraced the challenge of securing APIs with 42Crunch where he has produced the API industry's first security maturity model and contributed to numerous webinars, talks, and blogs. Currently, he is working on the industry's first defensive API developer training course. He is also the curator of the APISecurity weekly newsletter.

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