Azure API Management Security Tutorials

Secure your APIs effectively with Azure API Management. Explore these tutorials to implement robust security measures for your API gateway.

Learn how to secure your APIs using various authentication and authorization mechanisms within API Management.

Basic Authentication: Implement simple username/password authentication for your APIs.
OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: Integrate with identity providers like Azure Active Directory for secure, token-based access.
Client Certificate Authentication: Use mutual TLS (mTLS) for strong client authentication.
Subscription Keys: Understand how to use subscription keys to control access to APIs.

Discover how to use API Management policies to enforce security rules and protect against common threats.

Rate Limiting and Quotas: Prevent abuse and ensure fair usage by limiting request rates.
IP Filtering: Restrict access to your APIs based on IP addresses.
JWT Validation: Validate JSON Web Tokens to ensure API requests are from authorized clients.
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS): Configure CORS policies to allow or deny cross-origin requests securely.

Explore Security Policies

Learn best practices for securing the API Management gateway itself and ensuring secure communication with your backend services.

Virtual Network Integration: Deploy API Management within a virtual network for enhanced network security.
Managed Identities: Use managed identities to authenticate securely to backend services without managing credentials.
Backend TLS/SSL Certificates: Ensure secure communication between API Management and backend services.

Secure Your Deployment

A collection of recommended practices to maintain a high level of security for your APIs exposed through Azure API Management.