Where this offering fits
API Security addresses discovery and assessment of application interfaces and their use. It is distinct from merely publishing an API gateway rule. Compare the actual deployed interfaces, authentication and data flows with the available documentation so unrecorded or obsolete endpoints remain visible.
Architecture and rollout decisions
Confirm supported traffic or telemetry integration and approve data handling. Pilot known APIs and compare discovered context with engineering records. Define how findings reach the API owner and are retested. Evaluate visibility gaps, encrypted paths and unsupported environments explicitly rather than treating the discovery view as complete.
An evaluation scenario for this offering
Use an approved API set with a known specification and an extra test endpoint deliberately omitted from that specification. Provide synthetic requests at the agreed access levels and compare the resulting inventory and context with engineering knowledge. Include a rarely used operation and a path that the selected integration cannot observe, making those limits explicit. Have an owner review one proposed finding and record its disposition. Acceptance should demonstrate how the API register can be corrected and maintained. It should not represent every discovered URL as a verified vulnerability or a missing observation as proof that an interface does not exist.
Evidence to request for this scope
- Reconcile API inventory with known applications.
- Validate endpoint ownership and representative findings.
- Define remediation and data-access boundaries.