Category Archives: microservices

APIs: Securing the Stitching Connecting Applications

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 Application programming interfaces (APIs) are an essential enabler of innovation in today’s digitally driven world. Applications (or application components) can leverage APIs to connect to other apps and communicate autonomously. APIs are found in us… Continue reading APIs: Securing the Stitching Connecting Applications→

Businesses are preparing for a cloud-based approach to applications

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While most enterprises are committed to modernizing their application software portfolios, there are still myriad challenges to overcome and improvements to be made, according to a survey conducted by Hanover Research. According to the report, applicat… Continue reading Businesses are preparing for a cloud-based approach to applications→

Everyone’s talking about microservices, who’s actually doing it?

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77% of organizations have adopted microservices, with 92% experiencing success with microservices, according to an O’Reilly survey. success with microservices The report surveyed 1,502 software engineers, systems and technical architects, enginee… Continue reading Everyone’s talking about microservices, who’s actually doing it?→

How to prevent horizontal escalation attacks when a centralized authorization service as gateway is used?

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Say I have a gateway which provides authorization mechanisms by validating a JWT, behind an api-gateway there are different micro-services but only the gateway port is public. As a software designer you decide to make all micro services un… Continue reading How to prevent horizontal escalation attacks when a centralized authorization service as gateway is used?→