F5 Distributed Cloud: Discovering & Securing API's
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Welcome
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In this lab, participants will explore the depths of F5 Web Application
and API Protection (WAAP) within F5 Distributed Cloud. Dive headfirst into
the cutting-edge world of API Discovery, uncovering what’s within: Sensitive Data
and Authentication State detection. Get hands-on experience as you unleash
the power of API Protection and API Rate Limiting.

Objective:
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-  Gain a deeper understanding of key F5 Distributed Cloud security functions and controls

-  Explore securing APIs through API Discovery and Protection, along with other controls within F5 Distributed Cloud

   -  **API Discovery**: Provided via machine-based learning processes, enables visualization of the API Framework,
      assesses use of end-points, discovers new end-points based on flows, identifies use of sensitive information,
      and enables swagger file export.

   -  **API Protection**: Encompasses a set of definitions and controls to protect and secure the functions, use, and
      endpoints of the delivered API's framework.

   -  **Web Applcation Firewall**: Behaves as an intermediate proxy to inspect app requests and responses to block and mitigate a broad spectrum of risks via signatures and robust behavioral-based threat detection to protect applications wherever they are deployed.

   -  **Rate Limiting**:  Defines parameters that can be used for fine-grained control over requests for an HTTP load-balancer that are subjected to rate-limiting using AI/ML learning engine to uniquely discover API endpoints used during service-to-service communication.

   -  **Malicious User Detection**: Provided via machine-based learning processes, enables malicious user behavior tracking by categorizing users into varying threat levels, allowing automatic or manual mitigation.

Preparation:
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.. raw:: html

   <div style="margin: 1em 0; padding: 1em; border: 0px solid #ccc;">
     <label for="namespaceInput">Enter your namespace:</label>
     <input id="namespaceInput" type="text" placeholder="e.g. sassy-panda" />
     <button onclick="setNamespace()">Save</button>
   </div>

   <p><strong>Current namespace:</strong> <span id="currentNamespace">&lt;namespace&gt;</span></p>

.. note:: You may have had a namespace from a previous lab, pleased update with the new. 
.. warning:: Guide pages might need to be refreshed to get updated namespace to render.

Lab & Tasks:
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-  All Lab requirements will be noted in the tasks that follow

-  Estimated completion time: 6 Labs approximately 8-10 minutes each

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Labs:
   :glob:

   intro*
   lab*
   close*