Authentication for APIs

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This project is part of the liveProject series Authentication, Authorization, and Audit Management for APIs

prerequisites: basics of Java, Spring, and debugging
skills learned: understanding an API specified in Open API Specification 3.0 • setting up an environment to implement an API • setting up session management

Sashank Dara

1 week · 6-8 hours per week · BEGINNER

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In this liveProject, you’ll add secure session management to the API for granting employee leave. You’ll implement an authenticated leave retrieval call, a user logout flow, and a password update flow for users whose credentials are forgotten or compromised. These are essential building blocks for creating a secure API.

This liveProject was implemented by Natan Streppel.

This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.

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Sashank Dara

Sashank Dara, PhD, is a seasoned cybersecurity technologist and expert. He has over 17 years of extensive experience in cybersecurity R&D. He got his PhD in cybersecurity from IIIT-Bangalore in the area of applied cryptography and threat intelligence. He is co-inventor of five U.S. patents (and 3 IETF drafts) in the areas of cloud, SDN, and NFV security. He is a trusted information security consultant and adviser for top companies in EdTech, IT/ITes, academia, and real estate. Dara has published more than a dozen research papers at IEEE, LNCS conferences in the areas of cloud security, privacy, cryptography, and threat intelligence. He is a prolific speaker at security conferences and invited talks. He was a consultant advisor with Manipal Global Education Services for its cybersecurity programs. He was security technology and strategy advisor for security startups including Appknox, Haltdos, and SecurityJourney.com. Dara is currently the CTO and co-founder of Seconize, an award-winning cybersecurity startup pioneering a cyber risk and compliance management SaaS product suite.

prerequisites

The liveProject is for Java programmers familiar with the basics of REST APIs. To begin this project you will need to be familiar with:

TOOLS

Basics of Java 11 (classes, interfaces)
Basics of Spring MVC (POST of GET requests)
Basics of JDBC or Spring Data (insert or retrieve data from a database)
Java IDEs such as Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA
Testing APIs via Postman
Gradle
Docker and Docker Compose
Git

TECHNIQUES

Basic debugging
Code reviews
Code refactoring
Unit testing
Security testing

you will learn

In this series of liveProjects, you’ll learn how to add essential security features to a REST API.

Understanding an API specified in Open API Specification 3.0 using Swagger
Setting up an environment to implement the API specification provided using Java Spring
Implementing session management
Testing the functionality of the reference API implementation using Postman

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