The WEBFRONT-K API Security white paper explains that while APIs are central to modern apps and Open Banking, they introduce vulnerabilities overlapping with OWASP Top 10 risks. To address these, WEBFRONT-K extends WAF into WAAP with six key protections: mutual TLS (mTLS) for strong client-server authentication; cloaking of identifiers to prevent BOLA exploits; JWT token integrity checks; request threshold limits to stop DoS/DDoS; JSON response cloaking to avoid excessive data exposure; and JSON request field testing to detect misconfigurations. Together, these controls mitigate threats like injection, mismanagement, and data leakage. The paper concludes API security is no longer optional but essential for resilience in digital finance and cloud ecosystems.

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