What is API Security?
API Security — API security is the practice of protecting Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) from attacks, misuse, and data exposure by implementing authentication, authorisation, rate limiting, input validation, and continuous monitoring.
API Security Explained in Detail
APIs are the connective tissue of modern applications — they power mobile apps, SaaS integrations, microservices, and IoT devices. This makes them a prime target: API attacks have increased over 400 % in recent years.
OWASP API Security Top 10
- Broken Object Level Authorisation (BOLA) — The #1 API vulnerability.
- Broken Authentication — Weak or missing authentication on API endpoints.
- Excessive Data Exposure — APIs returning more data than the client needs.
- Lack of Rate Limiting — Enabling brute force and denial-of-service attacks.
- Mass Assignment — Accepting unintended parameters that modify data.
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