---
id: 7876
title: "Getting Started with API Security Best Practices"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/application-pentesting/get-started-with-api-security-best-practices/"
published_at: "2023-06-13T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["appsec", "api-security", "penetration-testing", "owasp", "best-practices", "bola"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7876"
lang: en
---

# Getting Started with API Security Best Practices

## Summary

API security remains underprioritized as usage surges; the 2023 OWASP API Security Top 10 still leads with BOLA and broken authentication, and manual testing is needed where scanners fall short.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2023-06-13T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/application-pentesting/get-started-with-api-security-best-practices/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7876