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Phase 10 · Application Security (AppSec)

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API Security

Part of the Cybersecurity Roadmap.

Summary

Securing APIs specifically — authentication, rate limiting, input validation, and avoiding excessive data exposure — an increasingly critical AppSec area as more systems communicate via API.

How to Learn This

  • 1Test a sample API for missing authentication or rate limiting.
  • 2Learn the OWASP API Security Top 10 as the API-specific equivalent of the general web Top 10.
  • 3Understand why APIs often expose more data than the UI displays, creating hidden risk.

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