From the course: Cloud Security for DevSecOps Engineers: From Security Models to API Protection

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API risks and OWASP API Top 10 overview

API risks and OWASP API Top 10 overview

From the course: Cloud Security for DevSecOps Engineers: From Security Models to API Protection

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API risks and OWASP API Top 10 overview

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- [Instructor] The invention of APIs revolutionize the way that applications and systems communicate with each other. However, securing the APIs and identifying those risks and threats has always been a bit tricky. So today, we will discuss API security risks and briefly discuss the OWASP API Top 10. API security risks can be defined as vulnerabilities that attackers leverage to carry out a series of attacks to compromise systems and web applications. The level of attacks could range from cross site scripting to exploiting broken access controls to even denial of service. But, how are these attacks addressed effectively? This is where the OWASP Foundation comes into the picture. OASP, or the Open Worldwide Application Security Project, is a community led organization that identifies risks and creates standards for software security. They also have standards and approaches for APIs that are updated every so often to align with new risks and threats within the industry. Here are the top…

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