API Security Best Practices
Deep dive into securing your REST and GraphQL APIs. Learn about authentication methods, rate limiting, input validation, and protecting against common vulnerabilities.
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Ananya Krishnan
Senior Cloud Architect, AWS
What You Will Learn
Implement OAuth 2.0 and JWT authentication
Apply rate limiting and throttling strategies
Validate and sanitize API inputs
Protect against OWASP API vulnerabilities
Implement API encryption and TLS
Curriculum
1
API Security Overview
15 min
•API security challenges
•Common vulnerabilities
•Security standards and best practices
2
Authentication & Authorization
20 min
3
Input Validation & Protection
15 min
4
Monitoring & Compliance
10 min
About the Instructor
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Ananya Krishnan
Senior Cloud Architect, AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional with 12+ years cloud expertise. Led multi-million dollar cloud migrations for Fortune 500 companies. Expert in AWS services, containerization, and cost optimization.
Prerequisites
Working knowledge of REST APIs
Understanding of HTTP/HTTPS
Basic knowledge of authentication concepts
Who Is This For
Backend Developers
API Developers
Security Engineers
DevOps Engineers
What Is Included
Live session recording
Security checklist and guidelines
Code examples and snippets
Recommended tools and libraries
Follow-up resources
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