API Security Best Practices - Whitepaper

In this whitepaper

APIs now account for over 80% of Internet traffic, represent 90% of the attack surface of web apps, and will become the “most frequent attack vector" by 2022.

Securing APIs requires new approaches that:

• operate at the speed of DevOps
• address all OWASP API Top 10 risks (and more)
• ensure no logic flaws in the API can be exploited

This whitepaper explores API security in detail, including:

• challenges of securing APIs
• approaches to API security, with pros and cons
• real-life examples of OWASP API breaches
• recommendations for uncovering API vulnerabilities