This proactive approach can help in patching weaknesses before malicious actors can exploit them Authentication and authorization are vital for API security. We've discussed the differences between ...

Ideally, you should perform authentication and authorization early in the Web API pipeline. This helps to eliminate unnecessary processing overhead from the request cycle.

How to implement basic password authentication for a minimal API in ASP.NET Core using a custom authentication handler that validates the user’s credentials against a database.

Evolve your enterprise security for the API-first era. Learn how to prioritize API security, implement SSO, MFA, and Passkeys, and foster a DevSecOps culture.

API Gateways effectively manage the authentication of the user and provide service orchestration capabilities, but if sensitive data is involved, additional fine-grained authorization capabilities ...

The process of securing an API against broken user authentication attacks must be holistic and taken into consideration from the beginning. Implementing access controls for all sensitive data and ...

GraphQL API authorization flaw found in major B2B financial platform Salt Labs says other platforms handling sensitive information tend to make the same mistakes.

You have a lot of options to choose from when laying out an authorization structure for mobile applications that communicate with a web API. For basic scenarios with low to medium security ...

A look at the recently released YubiKey 5 hardware authenticator series and how web authentication with the new WebAuthn API leverages devices like the YubiKey for painless website registration and ...