Protecting and Managing APIs

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Protecting and Managing APIs

Coursera · Intermediate ·🔧 Backend Engineering ·3mo ago

Key Takeaways

Covers API security fundamentals, authentication, authorization, encryption, and threat defense for modern APIs

Original Description

This course equips you with the essential skills to secure, manage, and monitor modern APIs, ensuring reliability and compliance in today’s interconnected applications. You’ll explore API security fundamentals, learn industry-standard authentication and authorization techniques, implement encryption, and defend against common threats. Moving beyond security, you’ll master API management by setting up gateways, implementing monitoring and analytics, and transforming APIs into scalable products. By the end of this course, you will be able to: • Explain core API security concepts, threats, and best practices • Implement secure authentication and authorization methods including OAuth 2.0 and JWT • Protect APIs against common attacks such as injection and DoS • Encrypt sensitive data and ensure compliance with security standards • Configure and manage API gateways for routing and traffic control • Monitor API performance, track key metrics, and set up analytics dashboards • Apply strategies for API productization, monetization, and developer portal creation This course is ideal for software developers, DevOps engineers, Full Stack developers, and IT professionals who want to strengthen their skills in API security, management, and monitoring. A basic understanding of web services and RESTful APIs is recommended, but no prior experience with advanced security or API management tools is required. Join us to learn how to safeguard APIs against evolving threats, implement robust access controls, and build a scalable API ecosystem that supports modern application demands.
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