API Security: 10 Essential Measures Every Developer Must Know
In 2025, 84% of organizations experienced at least one API security incident. API calls now make up 71% of web traffic, and API breaches leak 10x more data than average security incidents. This video covers the 10 battle-tested security measures that will protect your applications from the most common and devastating attacks.What you'll learn:
1. HTTPS & TLS - Encrypt all traffic, TLS 1.3, certificate verification
2. Authentication - JWTs, token expiration, secret storage, OAuth 2.0
3. Authorization - Authentication vs authorization, BOLA attacks, RBAC
4. Rate Limiting - Token bucket algorithm, preventing brute force & DDoS
5. Input Validation - Schema validation, type checking, preventing overflow attacks
6. Injection Prevention - SQL injection, parameterized queries, NoSQL injection
7. CORS - Cross-origin resource sharing, preflight requests, proper configuration
8. CSRF Protection - Token-based defense, SameSite cookies
9. XSS Prevention - Stored/Reflected/DOM-based XSS, sanitization, CSP headers
10. Security Headers - CSP, X-Frame-Options, HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options
Master all 10 measures and you'll block the vast majority of attacks before they ever reach your data.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction: Why API Security Matters
1:38 - Measure 1: HTTPS & TLS Encryption
3:01 - Measure 2: Authentication (JWTs & OAuth)
4:26 - Measure 3: Authorization & BOLA Prevention
6:00 - Measure 4: Rate Limiting
7:31 - Measure 5: Input Validation
9:15 - Measure 6: SQL Injection Prevention
11:05 - Measure 7: CORS Configuration
12:40 - Measure 8: CSRF Protection
14:11 - Measure 9: XSS Prevention
15:52 - Measure 10: Security Headers
17:36 - Your Security Checklist Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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