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API and Data Security: Is It Time to Switch to Kong Insomnia?

Apr 8, 2025 By Adam Jiroun In Kong
Recent leaks have once again brought API and data security concerns into the spotlight. Specifically, the leaks pointed at the following as major areas to consider when thinking through your API and data security strategies: When considering the above, it’s critical to think about best practices across every stage of the API lifecycle, starting with the initial phases of API design and testing.
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Tracing, Logging, Metrics: Unifying Observability with OpenTelemetry

Apr 8, 2025 By Madan Thangavelu In Kong
Software development has always evolved with new paradigms to meet the growing demands of modern systems. One of the most significant shifts has been the adoption of microservices. Emerging in the early 2010s, this architectural pattern moved away from monolithic applications in favor of smaller, independent services that interact with each other over a network.
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Kong Gateway Operator & AI Gateway Workshop: From Traditional Workloads to GenAI

Apr 3, 2025 By Kong In Kong
Elevate your infrastructure management with this two-hour workshop series to get hands-on experience with the Kong Gateway Operator and Kong AI Gateway. Begin with mastering Kubernetes ingress automation through the Kong Gateway Operator, then advance to building secure AI infrastructure with Kong AI Gateway. This comprehensive session equips you with practical skills for both traditional application deployment and cutting-edge GenAI implementation—all within the Kong ecosystem.
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PII Sanitization Needed for LLMs and Agentic AI is Now Easier to Build

Apr 2, 2025 By Alex Drag In Kong
The excitement around large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI is justified. These systems can summarize, generate, reason, and even take actions across APIs — all with minimal human input. However, as enterprises race to integrate LLMs into real-world workflows — especially when those enterprises operate in regulated environments and/or deal in sensitive data — one fundamental question looms large.
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Consistently Hallucination-Proof Your LLMs with Automated RAG

Apr 2, 2025 By Adam Jiroun In Kong
AI is quickly transforming the way businesses operate, turning what was once futuristic into everyday reality. However, we're still in the early innings of AI, and there are still several key limitations with AI that organizations should remain aware of to ensure that AI is being leveraged in a safe and productive way.
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Introducing Kong's New MCP Server to Access Your API System of Record

Apr 1, 2025 By Marco Palladino In Kong
MCP is a new way to integrate LLMs and AI agents with third-party data sources and APIs. It significantly improves how we build tool integrations by eliminating duplicated code and providing a centralized interface for multiple agents to access shared tools. Today, we’re excited to announce the release of Kong’s MCP Server for the Kong Konnect platform. This empowers customers to integrate AI agents and query LLMs to discover APIs, services, and traffic analytics in real time.
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Kong Gateway 3.10: Advanced Kafka Support, Data Orchestration, & More

Mar 31, 2025 By Khuslen Khosbayar In Kong
Today, we're pleased to announce Kong Gateway 3.10, our next Long-Term Support (LTS) version. This LTS version will be supported until March 2028, up to three years from the release date. Please check our documentation here for more details on Kong’s support policy. Highlights of this release include: To find out more, keep reading!
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What is an API (Application Programming Interface)?

Mar 31, 2025 By Eric Pulsifer In Kong
APIs, or application programming interfaces, are sets of functions and procedures that serve as bridges between applications, dictating how services interact within an ecosystem. They specify accepted requests and their formats, enabling seamless data and functionality exchange between software entities. Common services accessible via APIs include geolocation data, weather updates, financial information, and authentication services through platforms like Google or Facebook.
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Kong Mesh 2.10: Simplified Provisioning and Policy Management

Mar 24, 2025 By Khuslen Khosbayar In Kong
The latest version of Kong Mesh brings an improved provisioning experience and streamlined management of policies — plus user interface enhancements to elevate your experience deploying and managing Kong Mesh. Built on top of Kuma, Kong Mesh is a service mesh designed to provide security, observability, and traffic control across modern, distributed applications.
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