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API Security Testing & Modern DAST

API Security Testing & Modern DAST

API Security Testing & Modern DAST

Akto offers a one-stop solution for shift-left API security testing, providing extensive coverage of the OWASP API Top 10, authentication, authorization, business logic testing, and more.

Akto offers a one-stop solution for shift-left API security testing, providing extensive coverage of the OWASP API Top 10, authentication, authorization, business logic testing, and more.

Akto API inventory
Akto API inventory
Akto API inventory

Tackling the Key challenges in API Security Testing

Tackling the Key challenges in API Security Testing

Traditional security testing often occur late in the development lifecycle, making it more expensive to fix vulnerabilities. This delay can result in insecure APIs being deployed to production.

Traditional security testing often occur late in the development lifecycle, making it more expensive to fix vulnerabilities. This delay can result in insecure APIs being deployed to production.

IDOR and Authorization issues

IDORs are the most commonly occurring vulnerabilities and often hardest to prevent or discover.

Auth testing is hard to automate

Ensuring comprehensive coverage of the OWASP API Top 10 is difficult due to the unique nature of API issues.

Manual Testing is not scalable

As the number of APIs and their complexity grows, relying solely on manual testing becomes impractical.

Automated API Security Testing at Enterprise Scale

Automated API Security Testing at Enterprise Scale

Leverage Akto to ensure complete API coverage, gain visibility into API traffic, no matter the size of your business

Leverage Akto to discover all your APIs, gain visibility into API traffic, ensure complete API coverage no

Leverage Akto to discover all your APIs, gain visibility into API traffic, ensure complete API coverage no

API Security Testing in CI/CD

Akto provides a comprehensive solution for integrating API security testing into your CI/CD pipelines with automated reports and real-time alerts. No dependence on Swagger files and Postman Collection.

Largest API Security test library database

Our superpower is the largest API Security Test Library - the most comprehensive database covering OWASP API Top 10, authentication, authorization, industry specific tests and business logic flaws

Add Custom tests for your APIs

Our test templates offer easy ability to add custom security tests and address unique vulnerabilities specific to your APIs. Just 5 mins to write your custom test and you are set.

Modern contextual DAST, not generic

Use Akto with no dependency on Swagger files and Postman Collection. Akto replays historical traffic to conduct security tests analyzing API context, including user roles, data flows, and business logic.

Akto is the API Security Choice for Customers

It is rewarded as High performer in API Security and DAST Categories by G2

DAST

DAST

API Security

API Security

Akto named as Representative Vendor in 2024 Gartner® Market Guide for API Protection

Cybersecurity attacks that use APIs as an attack vector constitute a major threat to your sensitive data. Get this market guide to see how tools like Akto can help secure your organization’s APIs.

Why Choose Akto?

Why Choose Akto?

Deploy Akto in just 20 minutes across 100,000+ APIs. Book a call to get dedicated deployment and onboarding assistance.

Deploy Akto in just 20 minutes across 100,000+ APIs. Book a call to get dedicated deployment and onboarding assistance.

All APIs

Internal, External, Third Party

REST

GraphQL

gRPC

SOAP APIs

Complete Test Coverage

OWASP API Top 10

SANS top 25

Authentication and Authorization

Business logic vulnerabilities

Automation in CI/CD

Integrate with Jenkins, GitHub and more

Automated Auth token

Replay historical traffic

Ephemeral environments

Before release

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

How does Akto differ from traditional DAST tools?

What's an API Endpoint

What's an API Endpoint

How can I conduct API Security Testing with Akto?

How much scale can Akto handle?

How much scale can Akto handle?

Do you perform continuous API security testing?

How will Akto be updated in self hosted?

How will Akto be updated in self hosted?

Can I write custom tests on Akto platform?

Is my API inventory real time?

Is my API inventory real time?

What if I have more questions

What if I have more questions

What if I have more questions

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