Buyer guide · API security

Start with identities, objects and workflows.

API risk is rarely visible from endpoints alone. A useful assessment needs business context, realistic roles and complete transaction paths.

INVENTORY

What exists and who owns it?

Hosts, versions, gateways, documentation, deprecated routes and partner APIs.

IDENTITY

Who can call what?

User, service, admin, partner and anonymous identities; tokens, sessions and keys.

OBJECTS

Which records cross trust boundaries?

Ownership, tenancy, field-level access, bulk actions and indirect references.

WORKFLOWS

How can state be abused?

Ordering, payment, approval, entitlement, rate, retry and race-condition scenarios.

Evidence to provide safely

  • Authorised test environment and accounts for required roles.
  • API specification or representative collection where available.
  • Business rules for high-impact workflows.
  • Explicit exclusions, data restrictions and rate limits.
  • Technical and emergency contacts during the test window.

Turn the next security decision into a clear scope.

Tell us what you need to protect, prove or improve. We will define the evidence, boundaries and next action before work begins.