Proactive API Protection: How Akamai Noname API Security’s Active Testing Secures Your APIs

Here in this blog, we are going to learn how Akamai Noname API security’s Active Testing secures your APIs.

Understanding Akamai Noname API Security Active Testing

With the rapid expansion of APIs in modern digital ecosystems, organizations are increasingly focused on securing their API frameworks. APIs offer the backbone for applications, facilitating communication between systems, applications, and services. However, they also introduce unique vulnerabilities that require specialized security measures. This is where Akamai Noname API Security plays a crucial role, particularly with its Active Testing capabilities.

The API Security Challenge

As APIs evolve, so do the risks associated with them. APIs often expose sensitive data, making them a key target for attackers. Many traditional security solutions fail to address API-specific vulnerabilities. Issues such as improper authentication, lack of encryption, and insecure configurations can lead to breaches.

APIs must be secured at every stage—development, deployment, and operation. This requires a multi-faceted approach combining static security measures with dynamic testing and monitoring.

Akamai Noname API Security: A Comprehensive Solution

Akamai API Security delivers a robust API security platform that protects APIs from vulnerabilities and attacks, both during development and production. The platform offers end-to-end security for APIs, covering aspects like discovery, posture management, runtime protection, and, importantly, Active Testing.

What is Active Testing?

Active Testing involves dynamically probing APIs to identify potential vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. Unlike passive monitoring, which waits for issues to manifest in real-time, Active Testing simulates attacks and tests API defences against these scenarios.

Noname’s Active Testing identifies vulnerabilities in API design, development, and implementation phases. It allows developers to test their APIs under simulated conditions, reducing the likelihood of breaches when the APIs are live.

Active testing capabilities:

• Testing across multiple applications
• Importing multiple API sources for testing
• Organizing APIs in different environments
• Configuring diverse authentication and authorization methods
• Optimizing API testing coverage
• Using prebuilt or custom Test Profiles
• Integrating Active Testing with CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborating with third-party platforms
• Exploring Vulnerability Labs