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API Security & Secure Integration Training Course

Covers securing APIs throughout their lifecycle, from secure design and strong authentication and authorisation to data protection, testing and monitoring.

ASDO · Application Security & DevSecOpsAll Levels#2505ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
Duration
5 Days
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Sectors:Information Technology & CybersecurityCategories:Application Security & DevSecOps

Course Overview

This advanced practical course provides a comprehensive framework for securing application programming interfaces and building secure integrations across modern digital environments. It focuses on protecting APIs throughout their lifecycle, from architecture and design through authentication, authorisation, data protection, testing, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing management. The programme addresses API security architecture, identity and access management, token-based authentication, authorisation, input validation, data protection, secure API design, rate limiting, API gateways, threat modelling, vulnerability assessment, logging, monitoring, and incident response. It also examines security risks associated with integrating applications, services, cloud platforms, microservices, and third-party systems. Through practical API security assessments, threat-modelling exercises, integration scenarios, configuration analysis, and security testing workshops, participants will develop the ability to identify API risks, implement appropriate security controls, design secure integration architectures, and establish effective governance and monitoring mechanisms.

Learning Objectives

  • Analyse the security principles and risks associated with modern APIs and application integrations.
  • Evaluate API architectures and integration patterns from a security perspective.
  • Apply secure API design principles throughout the API lifecycle.
  • Implement appropriate authentication and authorisation mechanisms for API environments.
  • Evaluate token-based security, identity management, and access-control models.
  • Apply input validation, data protection, encryption, and secure error-handling practices.
  • Assess API attack surfaces, threats, vulnerabilities, and potential business impact.
  • Implement controls for rate limiting, abuse prevention, and API traffic protection.
  • Evaluate the security role of API gateways and integration infrastructure.
  • Apply security testing and vulnerability assessment techniques for APIs.
  • Establish effective logging, monitoring, alerting, and incident-response controls for API environments.
  • Develop practical API security and secure integration strategies aligned with organisational requirements.

Who Should Attend

This programme is designed for API developers, software engineers, application architects, integration specialists, application security professionals, cybersecurity specialists, DevSecOps engineers, and cloud professionals responsible for designing or securing application integrations. It is also suitable for system architects, API platform administrators, penetration testers, security engineers, technical leads, IT managers, and professionals responsible for digital platforms, enterprise integration, application governance, and technology risk. The course is particularly relevant to organisations using APIs, microservices, cloud services, mobile applications, digital platforms, enterprise integration platforms, and third-party service integrations.

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain the key principles and security requirements of modern API environments.
  • Evaluate API architectures and integration designs for security weaknesses.
  • Design APIs using appropriate security and privacy principles.
  • Implement authentication and authorisation mechanisms suitable for different API use cases.
  • Assess token management, identity controls, and access privileges.
  • Identify API attack surfaces and common security vulnerabilities.
  • Apply secure input validation and data-protection controls.
  • Configure appropriate rate-limiting and abuse-prevention mechanisms.
  • Evaluate API gateways and integration components from a security perspective.
  • Conduct structured API security testing and vulnerability assessments.
  • Establish effective API logging, monitoring, alerting, and incident-response mechanisms.
  • Develop an integrated API security and secure integration improvement roadmap.

Course Outline

Day 1

API Security Fundamentals & Secure Integration Architecture

  • API concepts, architectures, and integration models
  • API lifecycle and security considerations
  • RESTful and service-based integration concepts
  • API attack surfaces and trust boundaries
  • Security principles for API design
  • Application-to-application and service-to-service communication
  • Third-party and external API integration risks
  • Threat identification and security requirements
  • Secure integration architecture principles
  • Practical Application: API architecture and attack-surface assessment
Day 2

API Authentication, Authorisation & Identity Security

  • API authentication and identity management
  • Token-based authentication concepts
  • Access tokens, refresh mechanisms, and credential protection
  • Authorisation and access-control models
  • Role-based and privilege-based access
  • Service-to-service authentication
  • API key management and security considerations
  • Session and token lifecycle management
  • Privilege escalation and broken access-control risks
  • Practical Application: Designing secure API authentication and authorisation controls
Day 3

Secure API Design, Data Protection & Threat Management

  • Secure API design principles
  • Input validation and request handling
  • Data exposure and sensitive-data protection
  • Encryption and secure data transmission
  • Secure error handling and response management
  • API schema and validation controls
  • Threat modelling for APIs and integrations
  • Common API attack scenarios
  • Rate limiting and abuse prevention
  • Practical Application: API threat modelling and secure design assessment
Day 4

API Security Testing, Gateways & Monitoring

  • API security testing methodologies
  • Vulnerability assessment and security validation
  • Testing authentication and authorisation controls
  • API gateway security
  • Traffic filtering and policy enforcement
  • Logging and security event monitoring
  • API activity analysis and anomaly detection
  • Alerting and incident response
  • Security monitoring across integrated environments
  • Practical Application: API security testing and monitoring workshop
Day 5

Secure Integration Governance & Continuous Improvement

  • API security governance and ownership
  • Third-party API and integration risk management
  • API inventory and lifecycle governance
  • Security standards and integration controls
  • Vulnerability management and remediation
  • Security metrics and API performance-risk monitoring
  • Incident response and recovery for API environments
  • Cloud and microservices integration security
  • Continuous improvement and security maturity
  • Final Workshop: Developing an Integrated API Security & Secure Integration Roadmap

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Madrid · 5 – 9 Apr 2027 · Classroom

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