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