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Designing API-First Enterprise Architectures on Azure

You're reading from   Designing API-First Enterprise Architectures on Azure A guide for architects and developers to expedite digital transformation with API-led architectures

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801813914
Length 290 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Subhajit Chatterjee Subhajit Chatterjee
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: API-Led Architecture in the Digital Economy
2. Chapter 1: Evolution of Enterprise Solution Architectures FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: APIs as Digital Connectors 4. Section 2: Build Reliable API-Centric Solutions
5. Chapter 3: Architecture Principles and API Styles 6. Chapter 4: Assuring the Quality of the API Service (or Product) 7. Chapter 5: RESTful APIs – the New Web 8. Chapter 6: API Design Practices 9. Chapter 7: Accelerating through DevOps Essentials 10. Section 3: Deliver Business Value for a Modern Enterprise
11. Chapter 8: API-Centric Enterprise Integrations 12. Chapter 9: APIs as a Monetized Product 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

API security considerations

Information security and preventing unauthorized access is the most important focus area for all API platforms. Attackers are always on the lookout to exploit any vulnerabilities and over the course of time, cyber threats have increased tremendously. Teams have been busy detecting these threats and then subsequently establishing practices and solutions that mitigate the security risks.

Security is one of the most important aspects of any API-led architecture. Enterprises must ensure that no data breaches happen as it may have drastic consequences for the business.

Let's look at some of the core principles of the Security Frame concept, which can be easily applied to API-led architectures.

Core principles – the Security Frame analysis

The following categories of security considerations, referred to as Security Frame in the diagram, explain the core security principles that must be followed in the design of an API solution...

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