API security assessment is a type of software testing that checks the security measures of an API. It helps to ensure that the API is protected against potential threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities.

A Brief Of The Activities To Be Performed As A Part Of The Assessment Are :

PHASE 1

Identification of in-scope API integrations

PHASE 2

Identification of security weaknesses and vulnerabilities in the API

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PHASE 3

Perform in-depth vulnerability assessment as per OWASP methodology:

Broken Object Level Authorization, Broken Authentication, Broken Object Property Level Authorization, Unrestricted Resource Consumption, Broken Function Level Authorization, Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flow, Server-Side Request Forgery, Security Misconfiguration, Improper Inventory Management, Unsafe Consumption of APIs

PHASE 4

Exploit, gather sensitive data and Identification and exploitation of security weaknesses

PHASE 3

Reporting the identified and exploited vulnerabilities with recommendations

DELIVERABLES

API Security Assessment Report with details about the observation, risk severity, business impact and recommendation

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