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API & Identity Security

Securing the perimeter of distributed systems.

At a glance
25%
Escalations reduced via early risk mapping
100%
APIs gated by identity policy
Capabilities
5
Tools & platforms
5
Discipline
Security
Overview

Design and enforce strong identity and access controls across REST, GraphQL and gateway-fronted APIs in distributed enterprise systems.

Capabilities
5 areas
  • OAuth2 and OpenID Connect implementation
  • API gateway hardening (Azure APIM)
  • REST and GraphQL access control
  • Traffic policy and rate-limit design
  • Federated identity and SSO governance
Software & Tools

The stack behind the work.

The tools I reach for day to day — with a rough sense of where my depth sits.

Expert
Advanced
Proficient

OAuth2

Expert

Authorization flows & token security

OIDC

Expert

Federated authentication

Azure API Management

Advanced

API gateway & traffic policy

Keycloak

Proficient

Identity provider & SSO

SAML

Proficient

Enterprise federation

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