API Security Best Practices
A set of actionable controls for securing APIs, including authentication, authorization, encryption, rate-limiting, and pipeline-level compliance checks.
Outcomes
Section titled “Outcomes”- Better understanding of API security best practices principles
How it works
Section titled “How it works”- Ensure APIs meet security and compliance requirements through automated checks and audits.
- Implement security measures such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and rate limiting to protect APIs from threats.
- Implement automated security checks and compliance validations in the CI/CD pipeline to ensure APIs are secure and compliant.
- Customize the API Security Best Practices for your domain
- Use it collaboratively across business and tech roles

Accelerate Your APIs with APIOps Cycles Workshop
A compact, high-impact 2-hour online or onsite workshop for API product owners, architects, platform teams, and IT leaders.
Learn more