Authentication

API key is not restricted to APIs

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks
  • Brazilian General Data Protection (LGPD)
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  • CCM-CSA
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  • CCPA
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  • CPRA
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  • Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Best Practices
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  • GCP CIS
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  • GDPR
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  • HITRUST
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  • iso_27001_2022
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  • iso_27002_2022
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  • Mitre ATT&CK
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  • mpa
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  • New Zealand Information Security Manual
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  • NIST 800-171
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  • NIST 800-53
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  • PDPA
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  • UK Cyber Essentials

Description

API keys are used for authentication, they are simple encrypted strings that identify an application without any principal. API key '{GcpApiKey}' is not restricted only to required APIs. In order to reduce attack surfaces by providing least privileges, API-Keys can be restricted to use (call) only APIs required by an application