Application Security

Web Services &API Security Assessment

Secure the backbone of your digital ecosystem. Our comprehensive API security assessment identifies vulnerabilities in your web services and APIs before attackers can exploit them.

Terminal
$ curl -X GET https://api.example.com/v1/users
{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "Authentication required",
  "code": 401
}
$ curl -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" https://api.example.com/v1/users
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": [...]
}

REST & GraphQL

Modern API architectures

Authentication

OAuth, JWT, API keys

Data Validation

Input/output security

Rate Limiting

DoS protection

Why Choose Our API Security Assessment

Our approach combines automated scanning with manual testing by experienced security professionals to provide comprehensive coverage and actionable results.

API Security Specialists

Our team specializes in API security with expertise in REST, SOAP, GraphQL, and microservices architectures across various industries.

Business Logic Focus

We go beyond automated scanning to identify business logic flaws and authorization issues that automated tools cannot detect.

Comprehensive Coverage

Our assessment covers the OWASP API Security Top 10 and additional threats specific to your industry and technology stack.

Our Approach

API Security Testing Methodology

Our API security assessment follows a structured methodology to ensure thorough coverage of potential vulnerabilities.

1

Discovery & Documentation

We identify all API endpoints, parameters, and authentication mechanisms through documentation review and dynamic discovery.

2

Authentication & Authorization

We test authentication mechanisms, token handling, and authorization controls to identify access control weaknesses.

3

Data Validation & Business Logic

We test input validation, output encoding, and business logic to identify injection flaws and logic vulnerabilities.

4

Security Controls Assessment

We evaluate rate limiting, encryption, logging, and other security controls to ensure comprehensive protection.

What We Test For

Our API security assessment covers all critical vulnerability categories based on the OWASP API Security Top 10 and beyond.

Broken Object Level Authorization

Testing for authorization flaws that allow attackers to access or modify data they shouldn't have access to.

Broken Authentication

Identifying weaknesses in authentication mechanisms that could allow unauthorized access to API endpoints.

Excessive Data Exposure

Finding APIs that expose more data than necessary, potentially leaking sensitive information to clients.

Lack of Resources & Rate Limiting

Testing for missing or inadequate rate limiting that could lead to denial of service attacks.

Broken Function Level Authorization

Identifying authorization flaws at the function level that allow access to administrative functions.

Mass Assignment

Testing for vulnerabilities where APIs automatically bind client-provided data to internal objects.

Security Misconfiguration

Identifying insecure default configurations, incomplete setups, or verbose error messages.

Injection

Testing for SQL, NoSQL, command injection, and other injection vulnerabilities in API parameters.

Improper Assets Management

Identifying outdated API versions, debug endpoints, or improperly secured API documentation.

Insufficient Logging & Monitoring

Evaluating logging and monitoring capabilities to ensure security events are properly tracked.

Business Logic Flaws

Identifying application-specific logic vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers.

Insecure Direct Object References

Testing for vulnerabilities where APIs expose internal implementation objects to users.

API Types We Test

Our expertise covers all modern API architectures and communication protocols.

REST APIs

RESTful web services using HTTP methods and JSON/XML data formats.

HTTP methods testing
JSON/XML validation
Resource-based security
CORS policies

GraphQL APIs

Modern query language APIs with flexible data fetching capabilities.

Query complexity analysis
Schema introspection
Authorization testing
Batching attacks

SOAP Web Services

XML-based web services with WSDL definitions and WS-Security.

WSDL analysis
XML injection testing
WS-Security validation
SOAP fault handling

Microservices

Distributed architectures with service-to-service communication.

Service mesh security
Inter-service auth
API gateway testing
Container security
Deliverables

Comprehensive Reporting & Remediation Support

Our detailed reports provide actionable insights and clear remediation guidance to help you address identified vulnerabilities effectively.

Executive Summary

High-level overview of findings, risk ratings, and recommendations for business stakeholders.

API Inventory & Documentation

Complete inventory of discovered APIs with security posture assessment for each endpoint.

Detailed Technical Findings

In-depth analysis of each vulnerability with proof of concept and exploitation examples.

Remediation Guidance

Step-by-step recommendations for fixing vulnerabilities with code examples and best practices.

Sample API Security Report

API Endpoint Analysis

Total Endpoints47
Authenticated32
Public15
Vulnerable12

OWASP API Top 10 Coverage

Broken Object Level Authorization
Broken Authentication
Excessive Data Exposure
Lack of Resources & Rate Limiting
Broken Function Level Authorization
Mass Assignment
Security Misconfiguration
Injection
Improper Assets Management
Insufficient Logging & Monitoring

Sample Finding: Broken Object Level Authorization

Severity: High

Endpoint: GET /api/v1/users/{userId}

Description: The API endpoint allows users to access other users' data by manipulating the userId parameter without proper authorization checks.

Recommendation: Implement proper authorization checks to ensure users can only access their own data or data they have explicit permission to access.

Ready to Secure Your APIs?

Our expert team is ready to help you identify and address vulnerabilities in your APIs and web services before attackers can exploit them.