API Security

ELI5 — The Vibe Check

API security is protecting your APIs from abuse, data leaks, and unauthorized access. It covers authentication (who are you?), authorization (can you do this?), rate limiting (slow down!), input validation (that looks suspicious), and encryption (nobody's eavesdropping). Your API is a door to your data — API security is the lock, alarm, and guard.

Real Talk

API security encompasses the practices and tools for protecting APIs from threats including broken authentication, excessive data exposure, injection attacks, and resource abuse. It follows the OWASP API Security Top 10, implementing measures like OAuth2/JWT for auth, rate limiting, input validation, schema validation, and API gateways for centralized security controls.

When You'll Hear This

"Our API security audit found 3 endpoints leaking sensitive data in responses." / "API security isn't just auth — it's rate limiting, input validation, and response filtering."