Trend Report

Brief: Amazon API Gateway Is Limited But Useful

Randy Heffner
 and  three contributors
Aug 03, 2015

Summary

The newly released Amazon API Gateway, although quite limited in its feature set, is important in its validation of layered security for APIs. For application development and delivery (AD&D) pros who are Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers, it provides a platform-native option for limited application connection security. In broader enterprise scenarios, it provides only a small part of what's needed for API security. This brief describes what Amazon API Gateway does, where it fits in the API security landscape, and how AD&D pros should leverage it as part of their solution architectures.

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