Secure your API with these 16 Practices with Apache APISIX - part 1

A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon this list of 16 practices to secure your API:

1. Authentication 🕵️️ - Verifies the identity of users accessing APIs.


2. Authorization 🚦 - Determines permissions of authenticated users.


3. Data Redaction 🖍️ - Obscures sensitive data for protection.


4. Encryption 🔒 - Encodes data so only authorized parties can decode it.


5. Error Handling ❌ - Manages responses when things go wrong, avoiding revealing sensitive info.


6. Input Validation & Data Sanitization 🧹 - Checks input …

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