Overview

A quick overview of Akto's API security posture

Akto's API security posture gives you a comprehensive view of all crucial information such as identified issues, data exposure risks and test coverage, giving you clear visibility into the security of your APIs and enabling proactive management of vulnerabilities.

Key Capabilities

1. API Risk Scoring

• Every API is scored based on its risk level, making it easy to prioritize remediation.

• Helps security teams focus on the APIs that pose the greatest potential business and compliance risk.

2. Compliance Alignment with API Security

• Maps APIs against regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.

• Highlights compliance gaps and provides visibility into what needs fixing.

• Enables automated compliance checks so that you can continuously validate security posture.

3. Misconfiguration Detection

• Detects common API misconfigurations including:

  • Missing authentication

  • Weak authorization

  • CORS issues

• Flags misconfigured APIs before attackers can exploit them.

4. Sensitive Data Detection

• Identifies APIs that expose or transmit sensitive data types like PII, PHI, or financial data.

• Helps ensure sensitive data is properly secured and masked where necessary.

5. Unauthenticated & Publicly Exposed APIs

• Flags APIs that are accessible without authentication controls.

• Identifies APIs that are publicly exposed to the internet, reducing attack surface.