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implementing-api-gateway-security-controls
Configures API gateways such as Kong, AWS API Gateway, Azure APIM, or Apigee as a centralized security enforcement point, covering authentication enforcement, rate limiting and throttling, request validation, IP allowlisting, TLS termination, and threat protection. Use when securing API traffic at the gateway layer, setting up gateway-level authentication and quota management, or centralizing API protection before requests reach backend services.
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# Implementing API Gateway Security Controls
## When to Use
- Deploying a centralized authentication and authorization layer for microservice APIs
- Implementing rate limiting, throttling, and quota management across all API endpoints
- Configuring request/response validation against OpenAPI specifications at the gateway level
- Setting up TLS termination, mutual TLS, and certificate management for API traffic
- Integrating WAF rules with the API gateway to block injection, XSS, and known attack patterns
**Do not use** as the sole security layer. API gateways provide defense in depth but backend services must also validate authorization and input.
## Prerequisites
- API gateway platform selected and deployed (Kong, AWS API Gateway, Azure APIM, or Apigee)