API Security
Protect APIs at a Shared Runtime Enforcement Point
Centralize authentication, access control, rate limits, traffic validation, encryption, and security telemetry with API7 Enterprise and the Apache APISIX gateway runtime.
Apply controls before traffic reaches services, then send gateway evidence to the security and observability systems your teams already use.
Capabilities
Concrete Controls for a Production API Program
Authentication and Identity Integration
Enforce API keys, JWT, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, mTLS, and external identity workflows through gateway plugins.
Authorization and Tenancy
Combine consumer, route, service, and enterprise RBAC boundaries to control who can change and call APIs.
Abuse and Availability Controls
Use request, count, and concurrency limits to protect upstream services from excess or abusive traffic.
Traffic Inspection and Validation
Constrain methods, hosts, paths, headers, origins, and payload handling before requests reach applications.
Security Telemetry
Integrate gateway logs, metrics, and traces with existing detection, monitoring, and incident workflows.
Compliance Support
Use commercial controls, audit, and available compliance attestations when organizational requirements go beyond self-operation.
Where It Fits
Use Cases Tied to Operating Outcomes
Zero-Trust API Access
Authenticate every request and enforce explicit service, user, and partner access policy.
Protect Public and Partner APIs
Apply consistent limits, credential validation, request controls, and observability at the edge.
Standardize Service Security
Move repeatable controls out of individual applications and into a shared gateway layer.
Choose an Operating and Deployment Model
Match responsibility, data location, and support requirements before choosing a product path.
Private Deployment
Run API7 Enterprise and its data planes inside infrastructure controlled by your organization.
Review this pathHybrid or Multi-Cloud
Keep API traffic in each environment while coordinating policy through a shared control plane.
Review this pathOpen-Source APISIX
Use APISIX security plugins directly when your team owns configuration, operations, and evidence.
Review this pathProduct Relationship
Know Which Layer Does What
Adds centralized governance, audit, support, and lifecycle controls around the gateway runtime.
Provides the high-performance runtime and plugin-based policy enforcement.
Defines who owns security policy, how it is approved, and how changes are audited.
Frequently Asked Questions
Strengthen Your API Security Architecture
Share your current gateway estate, deployment constraints, and operating goals. API7 can help map the relevant open-source, enterprise, cloud, and support paths.
- Architecture and ownership review
- Product and deployment path mapping