Security News > 2021 > July > Wake up! Identify API Vulnerabilities Proactively, From Production Back to Code
If you wait until production to discover API vulnerabilities, you can incur substantial delays.
Existing application security testing tools are generic and aim at traditional web app vulnerabilities, and can't effectively handle the business logic intricacies of an API. Because APIs don't have a UI, it is common for companies to test web, app, and mobile separately - but not the API itself.
This is unfortunate, since API vulnerabilities require longer to remediate than traditional application vulnerabilities - in a recent survey, 63% of respondents reported that it takes longer to remediate API vulnerabilities.
While most security leaders are aware of the importance of API security testing, just under half say they don't yet have an API security testing solution fully integrated into their development pipeline.
To do this, you must find ways to simplify and streamline your organization's API security testing, integrating and enforcing API security testing standards within the development cycle.
A business logic approach to API security testing can elevate the maturity of your Full Lifecycle API Security program, and improve your security posture.