API Gateway Security

An API gateway acts as a single entry point for all API calls, providing a centralized location for implementing security policies.

Gateway Security Functions

  • Authentication and authorization
  • Rate limiting and throttling
  • Request validation and transformation
  • TLS termination
  • Logging and monitoring
  • IP allowlisting/blocklisting
  • Kong
  • AWS API Gateway
  • Nginx
  • Traefik
  • Envoy