Advanced API Security Patterns
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While TLS and OAuth are widely used today, they are not always well-used and in many cases they are not enough. In this presentation, we introduce all aspects of security to consider as well as the OpenAPI security extensions which can be leveraged to better express the contract between the consumer and the provider.
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- 4. API SECURITY ASPECTS TO CONSIDER Authentication (Validation and OIDC Flows) Integrity Data has not been tampered with Audit (Forensics) Confidentiality Data can’t be seen in flight Availability (Rate Limiting) Authorization (Access Control and OAuth flows) Non Repudiation (Legal Compliance) Input/Output Validation (Attacks Protection)
- 5. 5 REQUEST RESPONSE 1 2 Request Validation Message Validation 3 Token Validation Crypto Validation 4 Tra!c Enforcement 5 6 7 AAA Message Processing 1 Message Validation 2 Crypto Operations 3 Response Validation 4 Message Processing
- 6. TLS covers Confidentiality and Integrity at transport level. Configuration matters! ✓ Protocol accepted (TLS 1.2, 1.3 are recommended) ✓ Strong cipher suites Can use Mutual SSL for authentication is some scenarios Review/Enforce across the whole transaction flow ✓ Inbound/Outbound Remember: channel is encrypted… but data goes in clear! 6 IT STARTS AT TRANSPORT LEVEL…
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