From the course: Modern Cloud Security: Shift-Left, Observability, and Automated Defense

Unlock this course with a free trial

Join today to access over 24,900 courses taught by industry experts.

Implement API gateway security features

Implement API gateway security features

From the course: Modern Cloud Security: Shift-Left, Observability, and Automated Defense

Start my 1-month free trial Buy for my team

Implement API gateway security features

“

- [Instructor] API gateways act as the front door to your microservices, handling requests, routing traffic, and enforcing security policies. Securing this entry point is critical because a breach here could expose all connected services. Key strategies include ensuring that every request is authenticated, authorized, and validated before reaching your backend. API gateways also help centralize security features like encryption, rate limiting, and logging, reducing the risk of misconfigurations across distributed services. A common pitfall is assuming internal APIs don't need robust security, attackers often exploit poorly protected internal endpoints to move laterally in a network. Adopting a zero-trust mindset where every request is treated as untrusted ensures consistency. For example, even if a request comes from within your cloud environment, the gateway should still verify permissions and sanitize inputs. Let's build a secure API gateway for a user profile service using AWS…

Contents