Securing API Gateway
This topic provides security information and recommendations for API Gateway.
Security Responsibilities
To use API Gateway securely, learn about your security and compliance responsibilities.
Oracle is responsible for the following security requirements:
- Physical Security: Oracle is responsible for protecting the global infrastructure that runs all services offered in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This infrastructure consists of the hardware, software, networking, and facilities that run Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services.
Your security responsibilities are described on this page, which include the following areas:
- Access Control: Limit privileges as much as possible. Users should be given only the access necessary to perform their work.
- Encryption and Confidentiality: Use encryption keys and secrets to protect your data and connect to secured resources. Rotate these keys regularly.
Initial Security Tasks
Use this checklist to identify the tasks you perform to secure API Gateway in a new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure tenancy.
Task | More Information |
---|---|
Use IAM policies to grant access to users and resources | IAM Policies |
Secure network access to resources | Network Security |
IAM Policies
Use policies to limit access to API Gateway.
A policy specifies who can access Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resources and how. For more information, see How Policies Work.
Assign a group the least privileges that are required to perform their responsibilities. Each policy has a verb that describes what actions the group is allowed to do. From the least amount of access to the most, the available verbs are: inspect
, read
, use
, and manage
.
For information about API Gateway policies, see Create Policies to Control Access to Network and API Gateway-Related Resources.
Network Security
Secure network access to your resources in API Gateway.
For information about API Gateway network security, see Create Policies to Control Access to Network and API Gateway-Related Resources.