Our free API Security Testing Checklist – 2025 Edition is designed to help security teams, developers, and CTOs systematically identify and eliminate API vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them.
Get a comprehensive, step-by-step breakdown of critical API security areas, including:
🔐 Authentication & Authorization – Prevent broken auth and IDOR attacks
📦 Data Exposure & Privacy – Secure sensitive fields and prevent leakage
🚦 Rate Limiting & DoS Protection – Stop brute force and resource exhaustion
🛠️ Injection & Input Validation – Defend against SQLi, NoSQLi, and GraphQL abuse
🔁 Token & Session Management – Control lifecycle, revocation, and replay protection
📊 OWASP API Security Top 10 Alignment – Ensure compliance with global best practices
With the release of OWASP API Security Top 10 – 2023 and a surge in API-targeted breaches, attackers are exploiting newer, more sophisticated techniques.
Our updated checklist reflects real-world penetration testing findings, emerging API threats, and DevSecOps best practices to keep your APIs resilient.