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How to Build a Fortress with the Security of a Tent
- The evolution of APIs calls for a drastically different approach to API security. Token-based architecture is the key to many security issues discussed throughout this presentation, which is increasingly prevalent in a world so widely dependent on cloud-based architecture and microservices.
- APIs are much more widespread than they used to be and are limited to HTTP requests and JSON objects. Instead, APIs are a vital component of single-page applications and mobile applications as well as traditional websites.
- API developers need to ensure these third-party applications interacting with an API are secure, as an API ecosystem is only as secure as its weakest link.
- FAPI is a protocol that requires the use of JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) that enable different access levels, from baseline to advanced profiles and permission granting.
- Sender-constrained tokens tether a user to the mutual TLS connection between the client and the authorization server. The token-handler pattern is a backend for frontend that solves the bulk of the security issues caused by single-page applications and mobile applications by attaching a simple backend.
- Browser-based authorization became popular with the rise of single-page applications and mobile apps. Eliminating the browser from the equation removes virtually all the vulnerabilities.
- To make mobile applications more secure, Jacob Ideskog recommends using a feature called attestation, which uses a mobile device’s hardware chip to validate transactions.
- By implementing the strategies recommended by Ideskog, you can take full advantage of the exploding API market while ensuring business users and customers are secure.
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