---
title: Real-time API cybersecurity
description: API Security Enforcer provides real-time API cybersecurity to stop hackers. Violations are immediately blocked, and attack information is sent to the ABS engine. Real time API Cyber Security is activated only when ASE firewall is enabled.
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.1
page_id: pingintelligence:api_security_enforcer:pingintelligence_configuring_realtime_api_cybersecurity
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.1/api_security_enforcer/pingintelligence_configuring_realtime_api_cybersecurity.html
revdate: April 3, 2024
section_ids:
  enable-api-cybersecurity: Enable API cybersecurity
  disable-api-cybersecurity: Disable API cybersecurity
---

# Real-time API cybersecurity

API Security Enforcer provides real-time API cybersecurity to stop hackers. Violations are immediately blocked, and attack information is sent to the ABS engine. Real time API Cyber Security is activated only when ASE firewall is enabled.

## Enable API cybersecurity

To enable API security, enter the following command:

```
/opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/cli.sh -u admin -p admin enable_firewall
Firewall is now enabled
```

After enabling API Security, enter the following CLI command to verify cybersecurity is enabled:

```
/opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/cli.sh status
Ping Identity Inc., API Security Enforcer
status : started
http/ws : port 80
https/wss : port 443
 firewall : enabled
abs : disabled
abs attack : disabled
audit : enabled
ase detected attack : disabled
attack list memory : configured 128.00 MB, used 25.60 MB, free 102.40 MB
```

## Disable API cybersecurity

To disable ASE's cybersecurity feature, type the following CLI command:

```
/opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/cli.sh -u admin -p admin disable_firewall
Firewall is now disabled
```

After disabling ASE's cybersecurity feature, enter the following CLI command to verify that cybersecurity is disabled:

```
/opt/pingidentity/ase/bin/cli.sh status
Ping Identity Inc., API Security Enforcer
status : started
http/ws : port 80
https/wss : port 443
 firewall : disabled
abs : disabled
abs attack : disabled
audit : enabled
ase detected attack : disabled
attack list memory : configured 128.00 MB, used 25.60 MB, free 102.40 MB
```