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The Role of Encryption in Secure Communication One of the foundational principles of data security is encryption. Using Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), two parties can establish a trust relationship that ensures the confidentiality and integrity of shared information. For example, if I encrypt data using your public key, only you can decrypt it using your private key—ensuring confidentiality and non-repudiation. This process not only ensures that the data remains inaccessible to unauthorized parties but also guarantees its authenticity. Without encryption, sensitive information transmitted across networks becomes vulnerable to interception and exploitation. ...
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PI Planning for PI41 is now complete and development has kicked off. Below you will find the list of items that are included in this PI and a summary of the releases completed in the previous PI. As always, we invite you to provide feedback. We would love feedback on both the current and future PI items to help us prioritize the items that will have the most benefit for our customers. Recent Releases The following product versions were released during PI40: API Gateway 11.0 CR4 - Release Notes API Gateway 11.1.2 - Release Notes OTK 4.6.4 - Release Notes Release and EOS Calendar The following ...
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Introduction: In today’s online ecosystem, organizations must increasingly prioritize API security to meet ever-evolving regulatory standards. From General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), robust compliance protocols are essential for protecting user data and preventing breaches. Broadcom’s Layer7 API Gateway offers a broad range of tools and policies that can make achieving and maintaining compliance for your organization more manageable and effective. In this post, we'll walk you through leveraging Broadcom’s Layer7 ...
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This article describes AI gateway patterns and introduces recipes you can use with Layer7 to apply these patterns. .
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PI Planning for PI40 is now complete and development has kicked off. Below you will find the list of items that are included in this PI and a summary of the releases completed in the previous PI. As always, we invite you to provide feedback. We would love feedback on both the current and future PI items to help us prioritize the items that will have the most benefit for our customers. Recent Releases The following product versions were released during PI39: • API Portal 5.3.2 - Release Notes Release and EOS Calendar The following image provides a timeline view of past and planned releases (future releases are prefixed with ...
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PI Planning for PI39 is now complete and development has kicked off. Below you will find the list of items that are included in this PI and a summary of the releases completed in the previous PI. As always, we invite you to provide feedback. We would love feedback on both the current and future PI items to help us prioritize the items that will have the most benefit for our customers. Recent Releases The following product versions were released during PI38: • API Gateway 11.0 CR03 - Release Notes • API Portal 5.3.1 - Release Notes • SDK 2.5 - Release Notes Release and EOS Calendar The following image provides ...
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PI Planning for PI38 is now complete and development has kicked off. Below you will find the list of items that are included in this PI and a summary of the releases completed in the previous PI. As always, we invite you to provide feedback. We would love feedback on both the current and future PI items to help us prioritize the items that will have the most benefit for our customers. Recent Releases The following product versions were released during PI37: • API Gateway 11.1.1 - Release Notes • API Portal 5.3 - Release Notes • OTK 4.6.3 - Release Notes Release and EOS Calendar The following image ...
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In our June 2024 Layer7 Office Hours we reviewed the new features recently released in the Layer API Portal 5.3. Powerful new capabilities such as Policy Template Category enhancements, client certificate management, Debian 12 support, Graphman bundle upload from the Portal UI, and much much more. Check out the replay for full details.
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PI Planning for PI37 is now complete and development has kicked off. Below you will find the list of items that are included in this PI and a summary of the releases completed in the previous PI. As always, we invite you to provide feedback. We would love feedback on both the current and future PI items to help us prioritize the items that will have the most benefit for our customers. Recent Releases The following product versions were released during PI36: • API Gateway 11.1 - Release Notes • API Portal 5.2.3 - Release Notes Release and EOS Calendar The following image provides a timeline view of past and ...
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In our March Layer7 Office Hours, we looked at Layer7 Operator. Layer7 Operator completely transforms the deployment, configuration and management of Layer7 API Security. These become automatic, pain free and almost instant activities to ensure the latest security rules can be deployed to architectures with ease. Layer7 Operator helps customers unlock the many benefits of cloud native deployments and upgrades, including greater agility, availability and scalability; faster times to market; and reduced costs. In the session, we ran through the getting started guide and examples of how to use this exciting features.
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This is a recording of our February 2024 Office Hours, where we discussed and demo'd how the Portal APIs (PAPI) can be utilized to manage apps, APIs, users, deployments, proxies, etc. As always, we followed this with a general Q&A. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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The Layer7 product group of Broadcom's IMS division is pleased to announce that the Layer7 Operator is now available for preview. The Layer7 Operator will completely transform the deployment, configuration and management of Layer7 API security. These become automatic, pain free and almost instant activities to ensure the latest security rules can be deployed to architectures with ease. The Layer7 Operator will help customers unlock the many benefits of cloud native deployments and upgrades, including greater agility, availability and scalability; faster times to market; and reduced costs. See it in action , and get started now! Note: ...
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PI Planning for PI36 is now complete and development has kicked off. Below you will find the list of items that are included in this PI and a summary of the releases completed in the previous PI. As always, we invite you to provide feedback. We would love feedback on both the current and future PI items to help us prioritize the items that will have the most benefit for our customers. Recent Releases The following product versions were released during PI35: • API Gateway 11.0 CR 2 - Release Notes • API Gateway 10.1 CR 4 - Release Notes • OAuth Toolkit (OTK) 4.6.2 - Release Notes • Mobile SDK 2.4 - Release Notes ...
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On our January Office Hours, Jon Shendt, a key Layer7 partner, discussed how creating and maintaining a Token Service that caters to forward-leaning and traditional clients simultaneously can be an undertaking with many hurdles. Jon further discussed how handling multiple issuers, tracking expiration, authorization and authentication, and most importantly, preventing data spills, requires a customized and holistic approach while still utilizing standards and best practices. By incorporating several key tools from Layer7, he demonstrated how this task becomes easier, but still requires some navigation through various issues that can arise. As always, we ended ...
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This panel discussion included Shari Laya and Christopher Rodriguez from IDC, Layer7's CTO Francois Lascelles, , customers Paco Rebollo of Telefonica and Carlos Pimentel of William Hill, & partner Jon Schendt of Vista Ascent Solutions.
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In this month's Office Hours, we looked at API security considerations and recommendations with a demonstration of related Layer7 API Gateway features, followed by a general Q&A. ---------------------------------------------
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PI Planning for PI35 is now complete and development has kicked off. Below you will find the list of items that are included in this PI and a summary of the releases completed in the previous PI. As always, we invite you to provide feedback. We would love feedback on both the current and future PI items to help us prioritize the items that will have the most benefit for our customers. Recent Releases The following product versions were released during PI34: • API Portal 5.2.2 - Release Notes • API Gateway 11.0 CR 1 - Release Notes PI35 Key Capabilities The sections below provide a listing of the key capabilities ...
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In our Layer7 Office Hours call for October, we reviewed using the Layer7 OAuth Toolkit (OTK) Third-Party OIDC Provider capability to demonstrate how to integrate with the Broadcom VIP Authentication Hub to provide enhanced security for authentication and API access, including multi-factor and password-less authentication along with risk-based scoring. As always, we wrapped up with a general Q&A. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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PI Planning for PI34 is now complete and development has kicked off. Below you will find the list of items that are included in this PI and a summary of the releases completed in the previous PI. As always, we invite you to provide feedback by commenting on this post below. We would love feedback on both the current and future PI items to help us prioritize the items that will have the most benefit for our customers. Recent Releases: The following product versions were released during PI33: • API Portal 5.2.1 - Release Notes PI34 Key Capabilities The sections below provide a listing of the key capabilities ...
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in our July Office Hours, we reviewed the latest Portal 5.2.1 release and provided a demo of key features such as API Key expiration and UI updates for managing Application APIs. As always, we wrapped up w/general Q&A. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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