API Request Rate Limit Should Be Limited

policy name: throttle_authenticated_api_not_enabled

severity: LOW

Description

Enabling authenticated request rate-limit on APIs reduces volume of requests, and prevents incidents of reduced quality-of-service or denial-of-service because of unnecessary or malicious high request volume.

Remediation

1. Press Settings -> Network
2. Expand ‘User and IP rate limit’ section
3. Toggle ‘Enable authenticated API request rate limit’
4. Press ‘Save Changes’