Security News > 2024 > March > 5 ways to keep API integrations secure

API integrations often handle sensitive data, such as employees' personally identifiable information, companies' financial information, or even clients' payment card data.

Taking these measures will only grow in importance since more and more organizations are looking to build customer-facing API integrations.

Adopt a holistic approach to security by using an API gateway.

An API gateway uses several methods to minimize and prevent threats across API endpoints.

Rate limits can prevent a potential attacker from overwhelming an API endpoint so that real users can't access it; it can control a flood of requests that come from multiple sources; it can slow down brute force attacks; and it can prevent data scraping.

Aside from its security benefits, rate limits are worth using for a variety of other reasons: they help control costs, ensure reliable performance, reduce errors, enable the API provider to maintain compliance with specific data privacy regulations, and more.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2024/03/06/secure-api-integrations/