Post-Conference TestFlix Learning: API Security Testing

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 I have attended the #testflix conference on 28th Nov, 2020



Post-Conference, Got the reference links from Sang Bui.

Below are Reference Links:

https://blog.restcase.com/api-development-with-design-first-approach/

https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/REST_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html 

https://github.com/shieldfy/API-Security-Checklist

Based on above references, prepared the Security Testing Checklist for APIs.

5 Different Areas Covered in API Security Checklist.

a. Authorization
b. Access
c. Input
d. Processing
e. Output
f. CI/CD


Learnt new topics while reading the references and still more to learn.


Other References, which helped in understanding the Security Testing Checklist:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNCZzfBMkcc 
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TXtLEk-QiM 
  • https://www.templarbit.com/blog/2018/01/10/api-security-checklist/

I thank The Test Tribe community and Sang Bui for the TestFlix Talk.
https://www.thetesttribe.com/testflix/

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