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What is an API Gateway and Its Security Role
An API gateway centralizes auth, routing, and rate limiting for every request — get it wrong and, as T-Mobile and Optus learned, millions of records leak.
Mar 9, 20268 min read
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What is Rate Limiting
Rate limiting caps requests per client to stop credential stuffing and scraping. Learn how it works, the algorithms, and real breaches it prevents.
Mar 9, 20266 min read
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What is API Authentication
API authentication verifies who's calling your API before authorization decides what they can do — here's how it works, common methods, and where it fails.
Mar 8, 20267 min read
Application Security
OAuth vs API Keys
OAuth and API keys aren't interchangeable: one is a static, long-lived credential, the other a scoped, expiring token. Here's how to choose, backed by real breaches.
Mar 8, 20267 min read
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Reachability Analysis for Java: A 2026 Deep Dive
Java reachability under classpath reality: reflection, Spring autowiring, shaded JARs, Log4Shell, and what modern tools actually resolve versus over-approximate.
Mar 4, 20266 min read
Application Security
Secure Patterns for LLM Output Handling in 2026
LLM02 on the OWASP LLM Top 10 keeps quietly producing incidents because downstream systems trust model outputs they should not. Concrete patterns that hold up.
Mar 4, 20265 min read
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GitLab Ultimate Security Buyer Review 2026
GitLab bundles SAST, SCA, container scanning, and DAST into the Ultimate tier. Is the integrated story worth the premium over best-of-breed tools? An honest review.
Mar 3, 20266 min read
Application Security
JetBrains Plugin Security in 2026
JetBrains IDEs have a smaller plugin ecosystem than VS Code, but the security model is similar and the risks rhyme. Here is what to watch in 2026.
Mar 2, 20266 min read
Application Security
IAST vs SAST in 2026: When to Use Which
A practical guide to when IAST adds value over SAST in 2026, with the workload characteristics that justify the operational cost of runtime instrumentation.
Feb 28, 20266 min read
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