API Penetration Testing Methodology: How Testers Structure the Engagement

API penetration testing methodology starts with scoping and endpoint mapping. From there, it moves through authentication, authorisation, and business logic testing. Findings then get mapped back to the OWASP API Security Top 10. This piece walks through that process from a tester's side. An API (Application Programming Interface) doesn't have a login page to click …

Your Complete Guide to Planning an API security assessment

If your software relies on external data connections, an API security assessment is the only way to ensure those invisible conversations remain safe from cybercriminals. Applications no longer exist in isolation. They talk to each other constantly. These conversations happen behind the scenes every time a user interacts with your digital platforms. Cybercriminals know that …