{"id":1108,"date":"2022-04-29T13:58:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T12:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/42crdev.prexihost.com\/?page_id=1108"},"modified":"2024-06-25T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T09:08:15","slug":"micro-api-firewall-protection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/micro-api-firewall-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"API Protect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tAPI Protect\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRuntime Enforcement of API Security Policy\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/42C-API-Platform-Datasheet-2023-4p-FIN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAPI Security Platform Datasheet\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/42C-Hero-API-Protect-Product.png\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/42C-Hero-API-Protect-Product-1024x535.png\" alt=\"42C Hero API Protect Product\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"535\" width=\"1024\" title=\"42C Hero API Protect Product\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<p>API Protect creates an allowlist of valid operations and input data based on the OpenAPI contract. Through an API micro-firewall it enforces this configuration on all incoming as well as outgoing transactions. Transactions that do not conform to the OpenAPI definition are automatically blocked. API Protect is a\u00a0core shield-right element of our <a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/api-security-platform\/\">API Security Platform<\/a><\/p>\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/880133276?h=2ceb43a6bf&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<h2>\n\t\tAutomatically Apply Protection at RunTime\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>API Protect enforces <a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/api-protection\/\">API runtime protection<\/a> directly in front of your APIs. The API Protect micro-firewall, is tailored to protect each API from malicious attacks. Unlike a traditional WAF-based solution, API Protect distinguishes API attacks from legitimate API traffic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/DevSecOps-UI-for-Solution-3-2-1024x728.png\" alt=\"DevSecOps-UI-for-Solution-3-2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"728\" width=\"1024\" title=\"DevSecOps-UI-for-Solution-3-2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Top-10-issues-in-blocked-requests-P2.png\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Top-10-issues-in-blocked-requests-P2-1024x589.png\" alt=\"Top-10-issues-in-blocked-requests-P2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"589\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Top-10-issues-in-blocked-requests-P2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tA Positive Security Model for APIs\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>API Protect micro firewall uses a positive security model based on strict conformity to the OpenAPI contract of the protected API. Additional security policies can also be added to the OpenAPI contract to enable company-wide security enforcement.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tNo manual rules, automate  configuration from your CI\/CD\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Deploy API Protect from your <a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/cicd-api-integrations\/\">CI\/CD pipeline<\/a> and it will automatically reconfigure each time the API changes. Our protection technology directly interprets OpenAPI definitions and constrains the API traffic on request and responses.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/cicd-api-integrations\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Icons-42Crunch-IDE-CI-CD-Icons-3-1024x581.png\" alt=\"Icons-42Crunch-IDE-CI-CD-Icons-3\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"581\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Icons-42Crunch-IDE-CI-CD-Icons-3\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Icons-42Crunch-Time_2.png\" alt=\"Icons-42Crunch-Time_2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"704\" width=\"1252\" title=\"Icons-42Crunch-Time_2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2>\n\t\tMaximum Functionality, Minimal Latency\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>API Protect has been built with performance in mind and is highly optimized, it typically adds less than 1 millisecond of latency to the whole transaction, allowing you to deploy it at scale across your enterprise.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tDeploy Anywhere For External &#038; Internal API Protection\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>You can use our API firewall to equally protect north-south and east-west traffic. Thanks to its low footprint, it can be deployed at scale on <a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/runtime-container-api-integrations\/\">any container orchestrator<\/a> such as Kubernetes, Amazon ECS or Red Hat OpenShift(\u00ae). Our runtime is fully compatible with existing API management solutions or <a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/api-gateways-integrations\/\">API gateways<\/a> and with microservices-based architectures. Full support for both sidecar proxy and gateway deployment models.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/runtime-container-api-integrations\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Icons-42Crunch-Deploy-Scale_2-1024x611.png\" alt=\"Icons-42Crunch-Deploy-Scale_2\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"611\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Icons-42Crunch-Deploy-Scale_2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<h2>\n\t\tRelated content\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Tutorial: <a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/tutorial-api-firewall-protection\/\">API Protect &#8211; How API runtime threat protection works<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tutorial: <a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/tutorial-api-firewall-protection-reports\/\">API Protect &#8211; API firewall reports explained<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tReady to Learn More?\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Developer-first solution for delivering API security as code.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging2022.42crunch.com\/get-started\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet Started\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>API Protect Runtime Enforcement of API Security Policy API Security Platform Datasheet API Protect creates an allowlist of valid operations and input data based on the OpenAPI contract. 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