---
id: 2558
title: "API Security Testing: Tools, Checklists & Assessments"
source_domain: aikido.dev
source_url: "https://www.aikido.dev/blog/api-security-testing"
published_at: "2025-01-13 00:00"
tags: ["ci-cd", "api-security", "sast", "penetration-testing", "owasp", "security-testing", "dast"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2558"
lang: en
---

# API Security Testing: Tools, Checklists & Assessments

## Summary

Best practices mean little without verifying defenses hold. The article compares SAST, DAST, and manual pentesting for APIs, urging continuous CI/CD-integrated testing rather than one-off assessments.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** aikido.dev
- **Published:** 2025-01-13 00:00
- **Original:** https://www.aikido.dev/blog/api-security-testing
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2558