API 210 – Protecting APIs from Unrestricted Resource Consumption (UPDATED)

Course Overview

By nature, APIs expose application logic and sensitive data such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII). In addition, new microservice architectures with individual application components have become de facto APIs, significantly expanding the attack surface. This course focuses on strategies and solutions used to mitigate the unique vulnerabilities and security risks of APIs.

On successful completion of this course, you should have the knowledge and skills required to:

• Define, identify, and create a plan for managing resources
• Understand uncontrolled resource consumption and the associated risks
• Identify the common causes that lead to a lack of resources
• Implement industry best practices to mitigate the lack of API resources and rate-limiting