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Security Guidelines for Providing and Consuming APIs
Security Guidelines for Providing and Consuming APIs

Security Guidelines for Providing and Consuming APIs

Release Date: 04/30/2021

This publication was produced through the efforts of chapters and volunteers but the content development falls outside of the CSA Research Lifecycle. For any questions and feedback, contact [email protected].

In modern application workloads, organizations are often required to integrate their application with other parties such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers, customers applications, and business partners. These integrations may vary from granting one-time read access to ongoing static data consumption, to exposure of APIs or application components to a 3rd party provider. 

The purpose of this document is to provide a framework for securely connecting external entities such as customers or third parties. The document provides a usable list of security considerations in order to estimate the risk involved with the specific connectivity (first part of the document) and a technical checklist for the implementation of security controls (second part of the document).

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Acknowledgements

Michael Roza
Michael Roza
Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional

Michael Roza

Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional

Since 2012 Michael has contributed to over 100 CSA projects completed by CSA's Internet of Things, Zero Trust/Software-Defined Perimeter, Top Threats, Cloud Control Matrix, Containers/Microservices, DevSecOps, and other working groups. He has also served as co-chair of CSA's Enterprise Architecture, Top Threats, and Security-as-a-Service working groups while also serving as the Standards Liaison Officer for IoT, ICS, EA, SECaaS, and Cloud K...

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John Yeoh
John Yeoh
Global Vice President of Research, CSA

John Yeoh

Global Vice President of Research, CSA

With over 15 years of experience in research and technology, John excels at executive-level leadership, relationship management, and strategy development. He is a published author, technologist, and researcher with areas of expertise in cybersecurity, cloud computing, information security, and next generation technology (IoT, Big Data, SecaaS, Quantum). John specializes in risk management, third party assessment, GRC, data protection, incid...

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Frank Guanco
Frank Guanco
Research Program Manager, CSA

Frank Guanco

Research Program Manager, CSA

Moshe Ferber
Moshe Ferber
Chairman at Cloud Security Alliance, Israel

Moshe Ferber

Chairman at Cloud Security Alliance, Israel

Moshe Ferber is a recognized industry expert and popular public speaker, with over 20 years’ experience at various positions ranging from the largest enterprises to innovative startups. Currently Ferber focuses on cloud security as certified instructor for CCSK & CCSP certification and participate in various initiative promoting responsible cloud adoption.

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