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API Security for Beginners: A Practical Guide to Protecting Modern Applications

API Security for Beginners: A Practical Guide to Protecting Modern Applications


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About the Book

Imagine it is 3:00 AM. Your phone buzzes on the nightstand. It's a generic alert from your server. You groggily check the screen and freeze-your application's entire user database is being downloaded by an unknown IP address halfway across the world. Your heart races. You panic. Do you shut down the server? Do you unplug the database? Do you even know how they got in?

Now, imagine a different reality. The alert buzzes, but you don't panic. You calmly glance at your phone and smile. You know exactly what is happening because you built the monitoring system. You know the attack has already failed because you implemented Rate Limiting and strict Authentication weeks ago. You verify the logs, see the satisfying wall of "403 Forbidden" blocks, and go right back to sleep.

This book is the difference between those two realities. It transforms security from a terrifying unknown into a manageable engineering problem that you can solve.

What's Inside

This guide takes you through the entire lifecycle of API security, from the first line of code to the final deployment.

  • The Attack Surface: Understand the structural differences between REST, GraphQL, and gRPC and why they break traditional firewalls.
  • The Enemy: A deep dive into the OWASP API Top 10, dissecting critical vulnerabilities like BOLA (Broken Object Level Authorization) and Mass Assignment with real-world examples.
  • The Defense: Master modern authentication using JWTs (JSON Web Tokens), OAuth 2.0, and OpenID Connect. Learn to implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to ensure users stay in their lanes.
  • The Fortress: Encrypt your data with TLS, sanitize your inputs to prevent Injection Attacks, and protect user privacy with Data Masking.
  • The Offensive: Learn to hack your own API before the bad guys do. We cover SAST, DAST, and how to conduct a manual Penetration Test using tools like Postman and OWASP ZAP.
  • The Lifecycle: Strategies for Secure Logging, Real-Time Monitoring, and how to safely kill "Zombie APIs" before they kill your business.
Who It's Meant For
  • Junior to Mid-Level Developers who can build an API but aren't sure if it's safe to deploy.
  • DevOps Engineers looking to integrate security scanning into their CI/CD pipelines.
  • Product Managers who need to understand the technical risks involved in their feature requests.
  • Anyone who wants to move beyond "copy-pasting code" and understand the "why" behind application security.

Security is not a feature you add at the end; it is a mindset you build from the start. Do not wait for a data breach to teach you these lessons the hard way. Take control of your infrastructure today.

Grab your copy now and start building APIs that can survive the hostile internet.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798278451662
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 462 gr
  • ISBN-10: 8278451664
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 254
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Practical Guide to Protecting Modern Applications
  • Width: 170 mm


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