API Security: Best Tools and Resources

Every organisation is facing a multitude of security challenges. These range from getting the basics right, like ensuring the correct firewall is in place, to higher-level challenges, such as API security and data privacy.


 


One of the greatest challenges facing organizations these days is a comprehensive approach to API security. With an expanding number of APIs in use, and added complexity arising from service oriented architecture (SOA,) the cloud, and containers/Kubernetes, enabling full life-cycle API security is an enormous challenge that’s often made harder by false security perceptions.


 


With the rapid growth of APIs in recent years, there has been a corresponding increase in hacking attempts and other malicious behaviour. Last year recorded a 321% increase in overall API traffic and a 681% increase in fraudulent traffic according to a recent study. These statistics show how vulnerable APIs can be – hence the need for comprehensive API security to protect these vital connectors.


 


To keep your APIs secure from hackers, it’s important to have a complete understanding of how they work and what you can do to protect them. There are many different types of APIs – RESTful APIs, SOAP APIs, GraphQL APIs – each with their own set of vulnerabilities that need to be accounted for when designing your API architecture. They also require runtime protection to defend against bad actors.


 


However, you have many options for increasing your API security.  This article explores popular tools and resources to tackle this growing priority.


 


Tools required for API Security Testing


SoapUI


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