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API Authentication

Secure your APIs with confidence. Explore methods, protocols, and best practices for implementing robust authentication—from OAuth and JWT to zero-trust architectures—across modern API ecosystem

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Setting Access Control Policies With Kong and Okta

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Kong and Okta Introspection Flow
API Security
June 10, 2021

Implementing Introspection Flow With Kong and Okta

Claudio Acquaviva
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Kong Gateway Key Authentication
API Authentication
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Protect Your Services With Kong Gateway Key Authentication

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Implementing Client Credentials With Kong and Okta

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Authorizing Microservices with OPA and Kuma
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Authorizing Microservice APIs With OPA and Kuma

Tim Hinrichs
Kong Mesh 1.2 Is Here With Embedded OPA Support, FIPS 140-2 Compliance and Multi-Zone Authentication
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March 9, 2021

Kong Mesh 1.2 Is Here With Embedded OPA Support, FIPS 140-2 Compliance and Multi-Zone Authentication

Marco Palladino
CTO and Co-Founder
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March 8, 2021

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February 16, 2021

How JWT Authentication Works for Microservices: API Gateway Tutorial

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Custom Authentication and Authorization Framework With Kong
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July 7, 2020

Custom Authentication and Authorization Framework With Kong

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August 21, 2019

Kong 1.3 Released! Native gRPC Proxying, Upstream Mutual TLS Authentication, and Much More

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