By Bakare Fathia Eniola
API is an efficient way to communicate with an application or service. However, this convenience opens your systems to new security risks. API Security in Action gives you the skills to build strong, safe APIs you can confidently expose to the world. Inside, you’ll learn to construct secure and scalable REST APIs, deliver machine-to-machine interaction in a microservices architecture, and provide protection in resource-constrained IoT (Internet of Things) environments.
The new book has offered tolernacd in securing Application Programming Interface (APIs) and protection oforganisation’sdata against hackers. The book, titled: ‘API Security for White Hat Hackers,’ authoured bycybersecurity expert, Confidence Staveley, offered a hands-on approach to learning, emphasising practical exercises that guide readers through testing APIs, identifying vulnerabilities, and implementing fixes. With the book focusing on real-world scenarios, users can gain invaluable experiencebypassing authentication controls, circumventing authorisation mechanisms, and identifying common vulnerabilities using open-source and commercial tools. The book explained that API is the backbone of the modern application, whether theuseris using the web or mobile or happens to beThe post Expert explains secure APIs approach, cyber safety in new book appeared first on Guardian Nigeria News.