Advanced API Security is a complete reference to the next wave of challenges in enterprise security--securing public and private APIs. 
API adoption in both consumer and enterprises has gone beyond predictions. It has become the ‘coolest’ way of exposing business functionalities to the outside world. Both your public and private APIs, need to be protected, monitored and managed. Security is not an afterthought, but API security has evolved a lot in last five years. The growth of standards, out there, has been exponential. 
That's where AdvancedAPI Security comes in--to wade through the weeds and help you keep the bad guys away while realizing the internal and external benefits of developing APIs for your services. Our expert author guides you through the maze of options and shares industry leading best practices in designing APIs for rock-solid security. The book will explain, in depth, securing APIs from quite traditional HTTP Basic Authentication to OAuth 2.0 and the standards built around it. 
Build APIs with rock-solid security today with Advanced API Security.
<ul>
<li>Takes you through the best practices in designing APIs for rock-solid security.</li>
<li>Provides an in depth tutorial of most widely adopted security standards for API security.</li>
<li>Teaches you how to compare and contrast different security standards/protocols to find out what suits your business needs the best.</li>
</ul>What youll learn<ul>
<li>Build APIs with rock-solid security by understanding best practices and design guidelines.</li>
<li>Get a thorough understanding about widely adopted security standards for API security.</li>
<li>Compare and contrast different security standards/protocols to find out what suits your business needs, the best.</li>
<li>Expand business APIs to partners and outsiders with Identity Federation.</li>
<li>Get hands-on experience in developing clients against Facebook, Twitter, and Salesforce APIs.</li>
<li>Understand and learn how to mitigate security threats.</li>
</ul>Who this book is forAdvanced API Security is for enterprise security architects and developers who are designing, building and managing APIs. The book will provide guidelines, best practices in designing APIs and threat mitigation techniques for enterprise security architects while developers would be able to gain hands-on experience by developing API clients against Facebook, Twitter, Salesforce and many other cloud service providers.Table of Contents<ul>
<li>Managed APIs</li>
<li>Security by Design</li>
<li>HTTP Basic/Digest Authentication</li>
<li>Mutual Authentication and Transport Level Security</li>
<li>Identity Delegation</li>
<li>OAuth 1.0</li>
<li>OAuth 2.0 AND Bearer Token Profile</li>
<li>OAuth 2.0 MAC Token Profile</li>
<li>Oauth 2.0 Profiles</li>
<li>User Managed Access (UMA)</li>
<li>Federation</li>
<li>OpenID Connect</li>
<li>JWT, JWS, and JWE</li>
<li>Patterns &amp; Practices </li>
</ul>

Advanced API Security: Securing APIs with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWS, and JWE

Computers & Technology

Siriwardena, Prabath

Networking & Cloud Computing

Apress

Prepare for the next wave of challenges in enterprise security. Learn to better protect, monitor, and manage your public and private APIs. Enterprise APIs have become the common way of exposing business functions to the outside world. Exposing functionality is convenient, but of course comes with a risk of exploitation. This book teaches you about using OAuth 2.0 and related profiles to access APIs securely with web applications, single-page applications, native mobile applications and browser-less applications. Benefit from lessons learned from analyzing multiple attacks that have taken place by exploiting security vulnerabilities in various OAuth 2.0 implementations. Explore root causes, and improve your security practices to mitigate against similar future exploits. Security must be an integral part of any development project. This book shares best practices in designing APIs for better security. API security has evolved since the first edition of this book, and the growth of standards related API security has been exponential. OAuth 2.0 is the most widely adopted framework that is used as the foundation for these standards. This book shows you how to apply OAuth 2.0 to your own situation in order to secure and protect your enterprise APIs from exploitations and attacks. What You Will Learn
<ul>
<li>Securely design, develop, and deploy enterprise APIs</li>
<li>Pick security standards and protocols to match business needs</li>
<li>Mitigate security exploits by understanding the OAuth 2.0 threat landscape</li>
<li>Federate identities to expand business APIs beyond the corporate firewall</li>
<li>Protect microservices at the edge by securing their APIs</li>
<li>Develop native mobile applications to access APIs securely</li>
<li>Integrate applications with SaaS APIs protected with OAuth 2.0</li>
</ul>
Who This Book Is For Enterprise security architects who are interested in best practices around designing APIs. The book is also for developers who are building enterprise APIs and integrating with internal and external applications.

Advanced API Security: OAuth 2.0 and Beyond

Computer Science

Learn Objective-C and its latest release, and learn how to mix Swift with it. You have a great idea for an app, but how do you bring it to fruition? With Objective-C, the universal language of iPhone, iPad, and Mac apps. 
Using a hands-on approach, you'll learn how to think in programming terms, how to use Objective-C to construct program logic, and how to synthesize it all into working apps. Gary Bennett, an experienced app developer and trainer, will guide you on your journey to becoming a successful app developer. Along the way you'll discover the flexibility of Apple’s developer tools
If you're looking to take the first step towards App Store success, Objective-C for Absolute Beginners, Fourth Edition is the place to start.
What You'll Learn
<ul>
<li>Understand the fundamentals of computer programming: variables, design data structures, and working with file systems 
</li>
<li>Examine the logic of object-oriented programming: how to use classes, objects, and methods 
</li>
<li>Install Xcode and write programs in Objective-C 
</li>
</ul>
Who This Book Is For Anyone who wants to learn to develop apps for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Watch using the Objective-C programming language. No previous programming experience is necessary.

Objective-C for Absolute Beginners: iPhone, iPad and Mac Programming Made Easy

Kaczmarek, Stefan

Lees, Brad

Bennett, Gary

Fisher, Mitch

Operating Systems

Take an in-depth look into the gig economy to see how tech professionals and entrepreneurs can earn a living as freelancers and contractors. Build your own business. The pros and cons of the lifestyle and what to expect from it are discussed.
In this book, author Adam Sinicki explains the impact of the gig economy and the forces that led to it as it relates to technology and working online. You will understand how to make a living supplying tech skills on a "per gig" basis. Practical instructions, advice, and tips are provided on goal setting, lifestyle design, and selecting the types of work and contracts that further your goals and support the things you value as you transition from a 9-5 job.
What You'll Learn 
<ul>
<li>Know the types of work that a tech freelancer can offer: coding, SEO, web development, 3D modeling, and more 
</li>
<li>Find and manage clients</li>
<li>Negotiate pay and contracts</li>
<li>Stay productive without a manager</li>
<li>Discover useful tools, websites, and apps to build your business and ensure a steady income</li>
</ul>
Who This Book Is For
Entrepreneurs who are already a part of the gig economy and want to learn more about their options, tech professionals looking to transition to purely freelancing/contracting, companies interested in learning more about this change in the jobs market, technologists interested in exploring how the Internet is shaping the way people live and work, and professionals interested in lifestyle design or becoming "digital nomads"

Thriving in the Gig Economy: Freelancing Online for Tech Professionals and Entrepreneurs

Arts & Photography

Sinicki, Adam

Graphic Design

Things you’ve done online: ordered a pizza, checked the weather, booked a hotel, and reconnected with long-lost friends. Now it’s time to find out how these things work. Vinay Trivedi peels back the mystery of the Internet, explains it all in the simplest terms, and gives you the knowledge you need to speak confidently when the subject turns to technology. 
This revised second edition of How to Speak Tech employs the strategy of the popular first edition: through the narrative of setting up a fictitious startup, it introduces you to essential tech concepts. New tech topics that were added in this edition include the blockchain, augmented and virtual reality, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence.The author’s key message is: technology isn’t beyond the understanding of anyone! By breaking down major tech concepts involved with a modern startup into bite-sized chapters, the author’s approach helps you understand topics that aren’t always explained clearly and shows you that they aren’t rocket science.So go ahead, grab this book, start to “speak tech,” and hold your own in any tech-related conversation!
What You'll Learn
<ul>
<li>Understand the basics of new and established technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR), Internet of Things (IoT), software development, programming languages, databases, and more</li>
<li>Listen intelligently and speak confidently when technologies are brought up in your business</li>
<li>Be confident in your grasp of terms and technologies when setting up your own organization's application</li>
</ul>
Who This Book Is ForStudents who want to understand different technologies relevant to their future careers at startups and established organizations, as well as business and other non-technical professionals who encounter and require an understanding of key technical terms and trends to succeed in their rolesReviews
“Finally, a book non-techies can use to understand the technologies that are changing our lives.” Paul Bottino, Executive Director, Technology and Entrepreneurship Center, Harvard University
“A great book everyone can use to understand how tech startups work.” Rene Reinsberg, Founder at Celo; Former VP of Emerging Products, GoDaddy 
“Through the simplicity of his presentation, Vinay shows that the basics of technology can be straightforwardly understood by anyone who puts in the time and effort to learn.” Joseph Lassiter, Professor of Management Science, Harvard Business School and Harvard Innovation Lab

How to Speak Tech: The Non-Techie’s Guide to Key Technology Concepts

Business & Money

Trivedi, Vinay

Management & Leadership

Win32 API calls from Visual Basic 6 - allowing the VB programmer to access the powerful repertoire of API calls available when programming in Windows. 
Visual Basic does an excellent job of letting developers build sophisticated Windows applications in a relatively short amount of time. This allows one to quickly build prototypes for end-users to evaluate and test, which can accelerate the development cycle. However, this ease of use does have its disadvantages. By shielding the programmer from the low-level Win32 calls, s/he may not be able to optimize certain functions and/or perform some tasks that the users have requested. Unless a programmer has started his/her career developing Windows applications in a lower level language like C or Pascal, they may be unfamiliar with the API calls that can be made to the OS. This can lead to frustration or confusion in using an API procedure that may behave unexpectedly. 
Currently, there exist a number of references, both on the Internet and in printed form, that have documented virtually all of the Win32 API calls that can be made. While most of them do an fine job in explaining what the calls do, there are relatively few books that show clear, step-by-step examples that can be applied to business development. This book will address the newcomer to VB who is just starting to learn how to code within the environment, and give them clear explanations to the Win32 calls within a project application.

Visual Basic 6 Win32 API Tutorial

Bock, Jason

Programming

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