https://www.sakurasky.com/tags/api-security/Recent content in Api-Security on Sakura Sky: Cloud, Data, SecurityHugoen-USSakura SkyWed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://www.sakurasky.com/blog/government-engineering-part-2/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://www.sakurasky.com/blog/government-engineering-part-2/<style> .series-pull-quote { float: right; clear: both; width: 340px; margin-left: 2rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; border: 1px solid #e9ecef; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative; z-index: 20; } @media (max-width: 768px) { .series-pull-quote { float: none; clear: both; width: 100%; margin-left: 0; } } .series-header { background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #6c757d; font-size: 0.65rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.05em; padding: 0.8rem 1.25rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #e9ecef; } .part-label { display: block; font-size: 0.6rem; color: #adb5bd; margin-bottom: 0.15rem; text-transform: uppercase; } .nav-link-text { font-size: 0.85rem; line-height: 1.4; color: #495057; text-decoration: none; position: relative; z-index: 21; } .active-part { border-left: 4px solid #000 !important; background-color: #ffffff !important; } .active-part .nav-link-text { font-size: 0.9rem; font-weight: 700; color: #212529; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px; } .locked-part .nav-link-text { color: #ced4da; } .list-group-item { border-bottom: 1px solid #f8f9fa; padding: 1rem 1.25rem !important; } </style> <aside class="series-pull-quote shadow-sm"> <div class="series-header"> READ MORE IN THIS SERIES </div> <div class="list-group list-group-flush"> <div class="list-group-item "> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <a href="https://www.sakurasky.com/blog/government-engineering-part-1/" class="nav-link-text">Part 1 - Sovereign Cloud Is an Architecture, Not a Procurement</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="list-group-item active-part "> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <a href="https://www.sakurasky.com/blog/government-engineering-part-2/" class="nav-link-text">Part 2 - API Governance Done Properly</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="list-group-item locked-part"> <div class="d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center"> <div> <span class="nav-link-text">Part 3 - Legacy Modernisation That Meets the Audit Bar</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <p>Well after the platform had launched, the privacy officer sent the API platform team three questions. Which APIs are live? Who calls them? What personal data do they return? The team expected to answer from a dashboard. It turned into an investigation.</p>