SECURE HYBRID CLOUD API GATEWAYS WITH AZURE APIM AND ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROLS

Abstract

The hybrid cloud model has become the core aspect of modern enterprise architectures that allows organizations to reconcile between agility, cost-efficiency and regulatory compliance. Nonetheless, there are serious security issues involved in integrating on-premises systems with public cloud services, specifically in the control of API that act as a conduit between environments. This paper explores how API management (APIM) and Role-based access control (RBAC) to develop safe, scaled and manageable API gateways in hybrid clouds. The study demonstrates how APIM and RBAC can implement zero-trust foundations, compliance requirements, and operational integrity via analysis of architectural concepts, security risks, deployment models, and real-life examples of implementing these models. The discussion also fills the gaps in the existing implementations and suggests how this can be improved over time in order to build better cross-platform API governance in hybrid infrastructures.