Identity & Access Management
API Identity
APIs are identities’ busiest meeting point. We design how APIs and their callers authenticate and what they are allowed to do.
Overview
What is API Identity?
API identity covers OAuth 2.0 client registration, token design and lifetimes, mutual TLS, scopes and claims, API gateways and fine-grained authorization for API calls — for internal, partner and customer-facing APIs, and for the AI agents that increasingly call them.
Why it matters
When organizations need it
These are common signs that an organization would benefit from API Identity.
Signs you need it
- API keys shared across consumers
- Tokens with excessive scopes or long lifetimes
- Partner APIs without strong client authentication
- Broken object-level authorization findings
Capabilities
Key capabilities
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OAuth & token architecture
Flows, scopes, lifetimes and token validation.
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Client identity
Registration, credentials and mutual TLS for API clients.
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Authorization design
Scope and attribute-based rules at gateway and service level.
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Monitoring
Visibility of API identity usage and abuse.
Scope
What you receive
- API identity architecture
- Token and scope standards
- Gateway configuration guidance
- Testing checklist
Our approach
How CoreIAM helps
We connect API identity with application security testing, so designs are validated against real attack techniques.
Engagement
Engagement approach
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Discover
Stakeholder interviews, application and identity inventory, control review.
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Define
Target state, policies, role model and success measures.
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Deliver
Iterative implementation, integration and application onboarding waves.
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Operate
Ongoing administration, reviews, tuning and support.
Related
Related services
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Identity & Access Management
Secure identities, access and privileges across the workforce, customers, partners and machines.
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IAM Strategy & Consulting
Define where your identity programme is going, why, and in what order — with a roadmap leadership can fund.
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Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)
Automate who gets access, prove who has it, and remove it on time — with evidence auditors accept.
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Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Vault, control and monitor the accounts that can do the most damage.
Discuss API Identity with our specialists
Tell us about your environment and objectives, and we will recommend the right scope and approach.