API Penetration Testing: Secure Your API Attack Surface

Why API Penetration Testing is Essential for Securing Your Digital Ecosystem

The Essential Role of API Penetration Testing in Cybersecurity

According to Gartner, 90% of web applications now have a larger attack surface exposed via APIs than through the user interface. API protection is a critical piece of the attack surface that requires offensive penetration testing.

API Penetration Testing

How API Penetration Testing with Synack Improves Your Security Posture

Visibility

Full visibility into API attack traffic from researchers

Coverage

Get comprehensive API testing as part of a web application or a stand-alone, headless API

Vulnerability Reporting

Clear, actionable reports on exploitable vulnerabilities

How Synack’s Platform Delivers Advanced API Penetration Testing

1

Full Transparency Into Researcher Attack Traffic to APIs

During pentesting, coverage analytics are made available in-platform, where domains, paths and API endpoints are enumerated and stats about the types of exploitation attempts are displayed.

2

Identify and Fix Critical Vulnerabilities with API Penetration Testing

Synack Red Team (SRT) researchers will look for common and critical vulns, such as ones listed in the OWASP API Top 10. Read about our API testing methodology.

Download Guide
3

Comprehensive API Penetration Testing for Hidden and Headless Endpoints

Headless API traffic is growing as businesses build more B2B communication technologies. Not all API endpoints are accessible through a web UI or tested during a web app pentest. We provide an adversarial perspective on these hidden endpoints.

Learn More
4

Efficient and Collaborative API Vulnerability Management

 

Quickly assess exploitable API vulnerability findings, request patch verification and communicate direclty with researchers on findings through our Platform or an integration with your existing vuln management system.

5

Generate Actionable API Penetration Testing Reports

 

Generate easy-to-read PDF reports for compliance auditors or other audiences that detail API security testing coverage, vulnerabilities found, remeditation efforts and more.

View Sample Report
pop up image
How Synack’s AI Asset Scoping Bot Saves Time to Test How Synack’s AI Asset Scoping Bot Saves Time to Test Video
Advanced Services Advanced Services Resource
DevSecOps: Breaking Out of the Silo DevSecOps: Breaking Out of the Silo Video
Synack’s Managed VDP with Triage and Patch Verification Synack’s Managed VDP with Triage and Patch Verification Video