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Protect APIs with Advanced OAuth Security Profiles

Modern organizations rely on APIs to drive business, but they also become prime targets for abuse. SecureAuth delivers API protection that goes beyond protocol compliance with fine-grained governance, runtime enforcement, and built-in compliance controls.

Common challenges​

  • APIs are exposed to partners, mobile apps, and third-party clients, increasing attack surface.
  • Without strong protection, APIs face:
    • Token replay attacks where stolen tokens are reused to impersonate legitimate clients.
    • Unauthorized data access through exploitation of weak authorization controls.
    • Credential stuffing & phishing through automated or social-engineering attacks to obtain valid credentials.
  • Many deployments lack governance features to align token issuance and scopes with least-privilege and compliance requirements.
  • Security must align with modern zero trust principles while preserving developer agility.

SecureAuth capabilities​

Pre-mint policy enforcement

Evaluate access, risk, and consent policies before issuing tokens to block risky or non-compliant requests at the source.

Authorizer PDP

Deploy a local policy decision point next to services to run real-time authorization checks, synchronized with central governance rules for low-latency enforcement.

Scope governance

Define, restrict, and audit API scopes per client, API, or environment to enforce least-privilege access and compliance with data-sharing regulations.

Token enrichment

Add attributes from external APIs, entitlement systems, or directories at token issuance to support downstream fine-grained access decisions.

Token content control

Precisely control which claims, attributes, and metadata are embedded in tokens to reduce data exposure and meet privacy mandates.

Delegated authorization control

Support multiple independent authorization servers for different business units, while maintaining central policy oversight and governance.

Advanced OAuth profiles

Implement FAPI, PAR, JAR, JARM, mTLS, token exchange, and other advanced profiles for higher assurance API access and interoperability.

Client-bound & PoP tokens

Issue tokens bound to a specific client or device using mTLS, DPoP, or hardware-backed keys to prevent token theft and replay.

Metrics & compliance

Track token issuance, revocation, availability, and policy adherence with dashboards and exportable audit logs for compliance reporting.

Key benefits​

✔ Block unauthorized requests before tokens are issued
✔ Enforce least-privilege access across all API clients
✔ Reduce risk of token theft, replay, and misuse
✔ Support dynamic, consent-driven authorization flows
✔ Demonstrate verifiable compliance to regulators and partners

Industries
  • Financial services. Banks and fintechs adopting Open Banking standards
  • Healthcare providers. Organizations under HIPAA and similar compliance requirements
  • SaaS vendors. Companies securing public APIs and third-party integrations
  • Government agencies. Organizations offering citizen services through APIs
  • API-first companies. Businesses with APIs as core products or revenue streams
  • API exposure. Organizations exposing APIs for internal or external consumption
  • API modernization. Organizations upgrading legacy API security frameworks

Where it fits in the API lifecycle​

Below is a high-level view of how SecureAuth integrates into an API-first architecture to protect against unauthorized access and ensure regulatory compliance.