How API Discovery Empowers AppSec Professionals and Fuels Innovation

Application security professionals face challenges in securing digital landscapes, particularly with APIs becoming blind spots that can complicate attack surface coverage. A continuous API discovery process, which automates the identification of API endpoints, is proposed as a solution to streamline security audits, enhance development cycles, and improve risk management by creating a comprehensive API inventory. By leveraging automation, maintaining a centralized API inventory, ensuring API-centric security, and fostering collaboration between AppSec and development teams, organizations can reduce their attack surface and improve overall security posture. Techniques such as network scanning, code analysis, developer engagement, and legacy system integration help build a holistic view of the API landscape, with code analysis and developer engagement recommended as starting points. Beyond enhancing security, this approach boosts confidence, reduces stress, empowers developers, and improves team collaboration, ultimately leading to a more secure and efficient development environment. StackHawk has introduced an API Discovery capability in open beta to support this process.