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Start acting on API Security today!

APIs are the access doors to your enterprise assets and the backbone of pretty much any application that has been written in recent years. While most companies apply token-based access to APIs with OpenIDConnect and OAuth, there are still many aspects of security which are not properly covered for APIs such as common injection attacks, keys and certificates secured storage, fine-grain access to resources, non-repudiation, or simply message encryption. Also, security is often a last minute thought in the API development process.

To properly protect those access doors, enterprises need to invest in tools and processes that put security at the heart of APIs development, testing and deployment. You can start by:

  1. Educating personnel on security risks: everybody should know about the top 10 OWASP risks list and how to address them. OWASP offers countermeasures you can apply to protect your assets. It’s worth noting that Unprotected APIs have recently been added to the OWASP threats list!
  2. Deploying code analyses tools (static/dynamic) and hook them to the CI/CD pipeline.
  3. Actively scanning APIs for vulnerabilities. Start with ZAP, an OWASP open source penetration testing tool which also plugs to the CI/CD pipeline.
  4. Making sure all apps and APIs are tested with security ON as early as possible – Don’t flip the security switch at the last minute and hope that the security teams catch all issues by some miracle.
  5. Assessing the APIs risk and apply proper security policies, addressing authentication, authorization, data encryption, and auditing.
  6. Testing deployments with tools such as SSL Labs or securityheaders.io and get the best grade!
  7. Keeping systems up to date and keep an eye on all security fixes.

At 42Crunch, we are working hard to make security policies much easier to define and apply to your APIs. We will also allow development, security and operations teams to collaborate throughout the API delivery lifecycle, to deliver an infrastructure and security policies optimized by API.

Latest Resources

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Why API Security Cannot Wait Until Production

EMA Associates’ recent survey of technology and business leaders in North America revealed that 32% of firms admitted to only implementing API security standards in their production environment. Join industry experts from EMA Associates and 42Crunch as they explore why business cannot let API Security to be an afterthought.

NEWS

42Crunch Announces Next Generation of API Security Testing Services at Gartner® Security & Risk Management Summit 2023

By Hugh Carroll | June 5, 2023

42Crunch announces the latest set of API security testing and threat protection capabilities:
Support for scenarios testing
Automatic authorization testing to detect API 1 and API 5
Automatic authentication testing to detect API 2 issues

DataSheet

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Product Datasheet Addressing API Security Challenges

APIs are the core building block of every enterprise’s digital strategy, yet they are also the number one attack surface for hackers. 42Crunch makes developers’ and security practitioners' lives easier by protecting APIs, with a platform that automates security into the API development pipeline and gives full oversight of security policy enforcement at every stage of the API lifecycle.

WEBINAR

Why API Security Cannot Wait Until Production

EMA Associates’ recent survey of technology and business leaders in North America revealed that 32% of firms admitted to only implementing API security standards in their production environment. Join industry experts from EMA Associates and 42Crunch as they explore why business cannot let API Security to be an afterthought.

NEWS

42Crunch Announces Next Generation of API Security Testing Services at Gartner® Security & Risk Management Summit 2023

By Hugh Carroll | June 5, 2023

42Crunch announces the latest set of API security testing and threat protection capabilities:
Support for scenarios testing
Automatic authorization testing to detect API 1 and API 5
Automatic authentication testing to detect API 2 issues

DataSheet

Datasheet Cover Images P1-02

Product Datasheet Addressing API Security Challenges

APIs are the core building block of every enterprise’s digital strategy, yet they are also the number one attack surface for hackers. 42Crunch makes developers’ and security practitioners' lives easier by protecting APIs, with a platform that automates security into the API development pipeline and gives full oversight of security policy enforcement at every stage of the API lifecycle.

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