
Keep APIs safe with advanced security.
Prevent attacks and automatically protect sensitive data across all your APIs with Anypoint Security.



Block attacks at the network edge in minutes.
Protect your APIs by blocking threats at the network edge before they reach your systems. Set up enterprise-grade security gateways quickly to defend against common attacks like denial of service (DoS), malicious content, and other OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.
These gateways create multiple layers of protection and can be deployed in minutes with policy-based controls.

Strengthen your security against new threats automatically.
Connect your security systems to automatically strengthen defenses with continuous feedback over time. When API attacks are detected, the system immediately updates your network security to eliminate vulnerabilities.
Your security learns and adapts to new attacks automatically, keeping your defenses current without any manual work.

Protect sensitive data with automatic tokenization.
Meet compliance requirements faster with a simple, format-preserving tokenization that protects sensitive data. Replace real, confidential data with secure tokens that look identical to the original, so your existing systems and databases keep working without any changes or reconfiguration.

Easily automate policies and standardize API access.
Automate security with unified policies across all your environments and built-in compliance monitoring. API owners can detect and correct policy violations without waiting for DevOps teams, bridging the gap between security and development.
Create standard login and access patterns that developers can reuse instead of writing new code from scratch. This reduces security risks and ensures consistent protection across all your APIs without slowing down development.
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API Security Frequently Asked Questions
API edge security protects your systems by blocking threats at the network perimeter before they can reach your APIs and integrations. It matters because it creates the first line of defense, preventing attacks from disrupting your integrations or accessing sensitive data flowing between systems.
Anypoint Security Services blocks denial of service (DoS) attacks, content-based attacks, and threats from the OWASP Top 10 list including SQL injections and cross-site scripting. The system uses policy-driven controls and automatically updates protections as new attack patterns are detected.
Security policies are automatically enforced across all environments through the API gateway offered by MuleSoft (Mule Gateway or Anypoint Flex Gateway), providing consistent protection whether you deploy to cloud, private cloud, or on-premises. The system applies standardized policies uniformly and audits them for compliance while allowing API owners to detect and correct violations automatically.
Yes, Anypoint Security can automatically detect and tokenize sensitive data like PII, credit card information, and health records in transit. The tokenization service preserves the original data format so existing systems continue working without reconfiguration while keeping sensitive information secure.
Yes, Anypoint Security establishes standard patterns for authentication and authorization that can be reused across APIs. These patterns integrate with existing IAM systems and can be saved as reusable fragments to ensure consistent, secure access management.
Anypoint Security helps meet many compliance requirements through automatic sensitive data detection, tokenization services, policy enforcement, and audit capabilities. The platform provides prebuilt monitoring dashboards for governance and streamlines compliance reporting, though specific standard certifications should be confirmed with MuleSoft directly.