Abuse prevention
API Bot Protection Without Blocking Real Users
Protect the business action that a bot abuses, then measure whether the control also hurts legitimate clients.
Read moreGateways
API Gateway Security: Policies, WAFs and Limits
A gateway can enforce shared controls, but its view of a request rarely includes the full business permission decision.
Read moreInjection prevention
API Injection Prevention: Inputs, Queries and Output
A constrained API contract helps clients, but injection prevention depends on how the server uses each value.
Read moreObservability
API Monitoring and Logging for Security
Good telemetry explains an access decision and a failure without copying sensitive payloads into another data store.
Read moreAPI design
API Pagination Best Practices for REST APIs
Compare offset and cursor pagination, set page limits, and test collection endpoints.
Read moreAbuse prevention
API Rate Limiting Best Practices
Set quotas and burst controls, document 429 responses, and verify enforcement.
Read moreData protection
API Security Compliance: GDPR, HIPAA and PCI
Map each legal or contractual obligation to the data an API handles and to a control you can demonstrate.
Read moreThreat modeling
API Threat Modeling with OpenAPI: A Worked Example
Turn a contract and a service diagram into a short list of misuse cases that developers can test.
Read moreVersioning
API Versioning Best Practices for Secure Changes
A new version is a security change whenever clients, routes or permission rules move with it.
Read moreTeam practice
Building a Security-First API Development Culture
Make secure design part of normal delivery by giving each team a small set of repeatable decisions and evidence.
Read moreCI/CD
Continuous API Security Testing in CI/CD
A practical pipeline separates fast contract feedback from tests that need a deployed API and real identities.
Read moreGraphQL
GraphQL Introspection and Denial-of-Service Controls
Discoverability and query cost are separate concerns, and each needs a deliberate policy and a live test.
Read moreGraphQL
GraphQL Security Best Practices: A Practical Guide
A GraphQL schema makes capabilities discoverable; the running resolver must still enforce every access and cost decision.
Read moreAPI architecture
GraphQL vs REST Security: What Changes?
Compare authorization, query cost, and the tests each API style needs.
Read moreAuthentication
OAuth2 API Security and JWT Authentication
Choose auth flows, validate tokens, and describe security requirements in OpenAPI.
Read moreOWASP
OWASP API Security Top 10 2023: Practical Guide
Use the ten risk categories to plan tests, while treating each category as a question about a specific API and business flow.
Read moreAccess control
Public API Security: Authentication and Access Control
Protect public APIs with identities, object-level checks, and abuse controls.
Read moreDocumentation
Secure API Documentation and Developer Portals
Documentation is a distribution channel for paths, examples and credentials, so review it like a product surface.
Read moreFile uploads
Secure File Upload APIs: Validation and Isolation
The upload endpoint is only the first boundary; storage, processing and download need their own controls.
Read moreZero trust
Zero Trust API Design for Microservices
Treat every service call as a request for a specific resource and permission, even inside a trusted network.
Read moreAPI SAST
API error handling best practices
Design error models that avoid leakage and help clients recover quickly.
Read moreError handling
API error handling with RFC 7807
Use problem details for safer, more observable responses.
Read moreCI/CD
API security scanning in CI/CD
Embed static API checks, policy gates, and fast feedback into GitHub Actions and GitLab CI.
Read moreTesting
API security testing: SAST, DAST, IAST, fuzzing
Compare methods and build a layered testing strategy for APIs.
Read moreAPI security
API security trends for 2026
Shift-left, AI-driven detection, zero trust, and SBOM pressure that shape API programs this year.
Read moreSupply chain
API supply chain security and SBOMs
Generate and monitor SBOMs for API services to reduce third-party risk.
Read moreOWASP
How SAST tools tackle the OWASP API Top 10
Map each OWASP API Top 10 risk to static analysis checks and CI/CD gates.
Read moreOpenAPI
OpenAPI versioning that avoids breaking changes
Semantic versioning, deprecation headers, and changelogs that protect consumers.
Read moreSecrets
Secrets management in OpenAPI files
Prevent credential leaks in specs and samples with vault patterns and CI scanning.
Read moreGraphQL
Securing GraphQL APIs with static analysis
Control introspection, pagination, and auth directives before runtime.
Read moreInventory
Shadow and zombie APIs: detection and cleanup
Find undocumented endpoints, deprecate safely, and keep inventories fresh.
Read moreZero trust
Zero trust API design
Apply least privilege, strong auth, and continuous verification to every route.
Read moreStay connected
Explore core resources like the static API security scanner, API security SAST tools, and OpenAPI security scanner. Each guide explains where a contract scan helps and which checks need a running API.