What is Akto?
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Akto is an instant API security platform that takes only 60 secs to get started. Akto is used by security teams to maintain a continuous inventory of APIs, test APIs for vulnerabilities and find runtime issues. Akto offers tests for all OWASP top 10 and HackerOne Top 10 categories including BOLA, authentication, SSRF, XSS, security configurations, etc. Akto's powerful testing engine runs variety of business logic tests by reading traffic data to understand API traffic pattern leading to reduced false positives. Akto can integrate with multiple traffic sources - Burpsuite, AWS, postman, GCP, gateways, etc.
Akto enables security and engineering teams to secure their APIs by doing three things:
Getting Started
Get started with Akto Cloud in 5 simple steps:
1. Sign Up
Visit app.akto.io
Create account with your work email
2. Create API Inventory
Go to API Collections → Create new collection
Name your collection
Connect your traffic source (Burp Suite/AWS/Postman) from Quick Start.
3. Set Authentication
Go to Settings → Authentication
Create auth type (Bearer/API Key/Basic)
4. Configure Attacker Token
Go to User Configuration
Set ATTACKER_TOKEN_ALL
5. Run Tests
Select your collection
Click Run Test
Choose tests you want to run
Select Test role
Click "Run once now"
How to Contribute?
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