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GUEST ESSAY – A primer on ‘WAAP’ – an approach to securing APIs at the web app layer

The Last Watchdog

Today, criminal hackers rather routinely leverage loosely-configured and lightly-monitored APIs in two ways: to gain a foothold in the early stages of multi-stage network attacks, and later to encrypt crucial systems and/or exfiltrate sensitive data. API complexity. API security is more complex than traditional web security. Tool limitations.

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What is WAAP? – A Quick Walk Through

CyberSecurity Insiders

Now, old monolith apps are being broken into microservices developed in elastic and flexible service-mesh architecture. Protecting APIs against modern cyber threats requires going beyond the traditional solutions. Web Application and API protection (WAAP) , the next generation of Web Application Firewall (WAF) comes to the rescue.

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MY TAKE: Why companies had better start taking the security pitfalls of API proliferation seriously

The Last Watchdog

That said, APIs are certain to get a lot more attention by security teams — and board members concerned about cyber risk mitigation — in 2022. Legacy security architectures just don’t fit this massively complex, highly dynamic environment. Related: ‘SASE’ framework extends security to the network edge.

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34 Most Common Types of Network Security Protections

eSecurity Planet

Managed Detection and Response Product Guide Top MDR Services and Solutions Encryption Full disk encryption, sometimes called whole disk encryption, is a data encryption approach for both hardware and software that involves encrypting all disk data, including system files and programs.

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Enhancing Security and Reducing Costs with Advanced Zero Trust Implementation

Centraleyes

With its core principle of “never trust, always verify,” Zero Trust overcomes the limitations of traditional architectures by requiring continuous verification. It’s a strategic model that incorporates Zero Trust Architecture into a system. Firewalls are the tools most commonly used in network microsegmentation.

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What Is API Security? Definition, Fundamentals, & Tips

eSecurity Planet

Fundamentals of API Security API security includes a range of tactics such as strict authentication and authorization methods, data encryption technologies, and strong access controls. A secure API architecture serves as a strong foundation for all that, designed with security in mind.

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9 Best Secure Web Gateway Vendors for 2022

eSecurity Planet

As end users represent the biggest cyber risk to enterprises, secure web gateways are an important cornerstone of IT security, along with employee cybersecurity training and secure email gateways. Many of these vendors also rank on our top next-gen firewall (NGFW) page. Agent-based, proxy-free architecture. Multi-tenancy.