API Blocking

Enhance your application security by blocking vulnerable APIs. K2 will help uncover and block Vulnerable APIs at your infrastructure perimeter.

Malicious API Calls Blocking with K2 Platform

In this section, we outline the steps to block an malicious API calls from attackers with K2 Platform.

Step 1 : Checkout Policy Page

Policy page keeps all the configuration related to vulnerability detection and runtime protection for your applications.

Policy | K2 Portal

Step 2 : Edit your default Policy under Policies View

Click on edit button on your default policy.

You will see three sections at the top Agent Config, Agent Policies and Global Policy Parameters.

Click on Agent Policy and head on to step 3.

Step 3 : Protection Mode : API Blocking

K2 Portal Protection Mode Policy

Now we can see all the Protection Mode.

In order to block malicious API calls,

• Enable Protection Mode.

• Enable API Blocking. Under API Blocking choose one of the policy and enable

  • Protect all API's - Enables blocking and protection of all the functions/APIs

  • Protect attacked API's - Enables blocking and protection against previously attacked functions/APIs only

  • Protect known vulnerable API's - Enables blocking and protection against known vulnerable functions/APIs only

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