Question 1

How does your API Security Testing platform work?

Accepted Answer

Our API Security Testing platform automatically scans your APIs for vulnerabilities and security flaws. It simulates real-world attacks to detect risks like data leaks, unauthorized access, and weak encryption. The platform tests each API endpoint for common security issues such as injection attacks, broken authentication, and misconfigurations. After testing, it generates a detailed report with actionable insights to help secure your APIs and enhance their protection.

Question 2

How frequently should I perform API Security Testing?

Accepted Answer

API security testing should be done regularly throughout the software development lifecycle. It is important to test APIs during initial development, before releasing updates, and after significant code changes. This helps identify vulnerabilities early. Testing is also recommended after major infrastructure updates or third-party API changes. Ongoing testing ensures your API remains secure as new threats emerge. API security testing should be continuous, with thorough checks at key development and deployment stages.

Question 3

Why do I need an API Security Testing Solution?

Accepted Answer

An API Security Testing solution helps detect and fix vulnerabilities in your APIs, which hackers often target. APIs are crucial for modern applications, and any weaknesses can lead to data breaches or unauthorized access. Automated testing allows you to identify risks early, secure your app, maintain user trust, and ensure regulatory compliance to avoid costly incidents.

Question 4

Does the API Security Testing Solution provide integration with other tools?

Accepted Answer

Most API Security Testing solutions integrate with development and security tools like Jira, Jenkins, and GitLab. These integrations enable seamless workflows for continuous integration (CI), continuous deployment (CD), issue tracking, and monitoring. Automating security testing in your pipeline detects vulnerabilities early, improving efficiency and security.

Question 5

Can the API Security Testing Solution detect vulnerabilities in microservices architectures?

Accepted Answer

An API Security Testing solution detects vulnerabilities in microservices architectures, where multiple APIs interact. It analyzes each API for issues like misconfigurations, weak authentication, and data leaks. By testing the entire ecosystem, it ensures all APIs and services are secure, preventing exploitable security gaps.

API Security Testing Platform

API Security Testing Platform

Key challenges tackled by our API Scanning solution

Key challenges tackled by our API Scanning solution

IDOR and Authorization issues

Auth testing is hard to automate

Manual Testing is not scalable

Automated API Security Testing Platform at Enterprise Scale

Automated API Security Testing Platform at Enterprise Scale

API Security Testing in CI/CD

Largest API Security test library database

Add Custom tests for your APIs

Modern contextual DAST, not generic

Akto is the Top API Scanning Vendor choice for Enterprises.

Akto named as Representative Vendor in 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for API Protection

Why Choose Akto?

Why Choose Akto?

All APIs

Complete Test Coverage

Automation in CI/CD

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