Cloud Service Brokerage/API Resource Center
Evolution of API Security for the Cloud
The practice of securely exposing application service APIs has evolved away from custom coded authentication embedded within the application. Today, a modern approach that proxies API management and security to a cloud service broker or gateway intermediary is the new standard. To help ground you in the fundamentals and provide you a roadmap for the future, we assembled the assets below to speed your education.
DZone REST Reference Card
A must-have tool for everyone engaged in developing, managing and securing REST based API infrastructure. This handy reference card describes basic coding samples for REST API security and applies the Richardson Maturity Model.
White Paper: Protecting REST & SOAP APIs Against XML Threats
Technical document intended for Architects and Developers describes a comprehensive threat model for protecting your APIs against a new breed of threats based on XML content.
Video: API Security Use Cases Demonstrated
Tech Configuration Tutorial: Convering REST API Calls to SOAP Documents
Blog: Essential Elements of API Management
Explains API management: securing, managing and auditing an increasingly important Enterprise I/O point, one that has enormous potential to connect the Enterprise to new customers through all manners of technology including smart-phone applications, browsers, middleware, legacy applications and just about anything that can talk HTTP.
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