API Security: Defending Your Hidden Attack Surface
Modern web applications rely heavily on APIs, yet they’re a blind spot for many organizations. If you don’t know what might be lurking beyond your asset inventory, implementing API discovery and testing is critical to help secure your entire attack surface from development to production.
Read this white paper to learn:
- The importance of web services and APIs in software development
- Challenges you can face when including APIs in application security testing
- Benefits of holistic AppSec that includes discovery and security testing across apps and APIs
Web apps run on APIs
There’s no way around it: APIs are a staple in software development – but if left unchecked, they’re rife with risk and contribute to blind spots and expanding attack surfaces.
APIs are your internal glue and external connectors
Even though APIs are essential for both data exchange and building application architectures, a lack of robust API inventory, shoddy scans, and tight deadlines used to mean they’re lost in the security shuffle – but that’s changing.
Gone are the days of compromising on AppSec. Holistic strategies with automation and SDLC integrations help cover every corner of your asset inventory, including web applications and APIs, so that you’re prepared for the next threat. Learn why you don’t need to sacrifice speed or security when working with mission-critical APIs.
