Protecting and Managing APIs
Completed by Lalit Kapoor
January 28, 2026
11 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Implement secure authentication, authorization, and encryption techniques to protect APIs from common threats.
Identify and prevent injection, DoS, and man-in-the-middle attacks while ensuring adherence to security standards.
Configure API gateways, monitor usage and key performance metrics, and build analytics dashboards to improve adoption and reliability.
Turn APIs into scalable products by setting up developer portals, enabling monetization, and governing API ecosystems effectively.
Skills you will gain
- Category: System Monitoring
- Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
- Category: Application Security
- Category: Python Programming
- Category: API Gateway
- Category: Application Lifecycle Management
- Category: Authorization (Computing)
- Category: Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
- Category: Security Controls
- Category: Restful API
- Category: Data Security
- Category: OAuth
