API Security Best Practices Checklist

Customizable checklist of security best practices to secure your APIs throughout their lifecycle

Salt Security has created a customizable API Security Best Practices Checklist based on industry research, field experience, and customer feedback.

This comprehensive checklist covers many areas of security including:

  • API discovery and cataloging
  • API mediation
  • API authentication and authorization
  • API security testing
  • API runtime protection
  • API-centric incident response

You can get more details on how to implement these tactics in the Salt API Security Best Practices guide.

Download the checklist to help guide your prioritization and progress in implementing industry best practices to secure your APIs throughout their life cycle.


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