The details for how to authenticate with an API should always be part of the business and technical contracts for an API. Information on how to authenticate with an API should be readily available for developers and travel anywhere documentation for an API will be traveling.
Authentication
Strategies
API Authentication Is Standardized
All APIs must use standardized authentication mechanisms including OAuth, JWT, and API keys with properly defined scopes, ensuring that security is consistently implemented and that consumers have ...
API Authorization Is Properly Defined and Enforced
All APIs must have clearly defined authorization models that control what authenticated consumers can access and perform, using role-based or attribute-based access control to ensure that permissio...
Lifecycle
key Authentication Develop
Authentication is where access begins. Keys, OAuth, JWT, and mTLS each make sense in different contexts, and I pick the approach that fits the consumer and the risk. Getting authentication right is...
