An organization has several APIs that accept JSON data over HTTP POST. The APIs are all publicly available and are associated with several mobile applications and web applications.
The organization does NOT want to use any authentication or compliance policies for these APIs, but at the same time, is worried that some bad actor could send payloads that could somehow compromise the applications or servers running the API implementations.
What out-of-the-box Anypoint Platform policy can address exposure to this threat?
- Shut out bad actors by using HTTPS mutual authentication for all API invocations
- Apply an IP blacklist policy to all APIs; the blacklist will Include all bad actors
- Apply a Header injection and removal policy that detects the malicious data before it is used
- Apply a JSON threat protection policy to all APIs to detect potential threat vectors
Answer(s): D
Explanation:
Correct Answer: Apply a JSON threat protection policy to all APIs to detect potential threat vectors
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>> Usually, if the APIs are designed and developed for specific consumers (known consumers/customers) then we would IP Whitelist the same to ensure that traffic only comes from them.
>> However, as this scenario states that the APIs are publicly available and being used by so many mobile and web applications, it is NOT possible to identify and blacklist all possible bad actors.
>> So, JSON threat protection policy is the best chance to prevent any bad JSON payloads from such bad actors.