You should try to automate as much of your testing as possible to find basic vulnerabilities, such as features exposed to SQL injection.

The table below gives you an idea of what learning looks like across a typical week. Some weeks are different due to how we schedule classes and arrange on campus sessions.In some cases, we may need to dig deeper to understand finer details during the scoping of an API test. We may need to ask things like “Where is the API hosted?” or if you allow others to use your API. A good penetration testing provider will talk you through these and support you in understanding exactly what information is needed at the scoping step so that there are no surprises later down the line in terms of additional costs. Understanding all the requirements that a piece of software of hardware must meet, allow for less-hands on but still technical work in the test environment, test data and test scripts for planned tests to be specified and produced. Preparation: Firstly, the testing provider and you will agree on the scope of the test, which will include identifying your testing goals, going over the rules of engagement and confirming the project’s scope and timeline.

using common vulnerability scanning and penetration testing tools, such as NMAP, NESSUS, SQLMAP and Burp Suite Within the API tests performed over the last 12 months at Evalian, we can see definite correlations with the issues at the top of the OWASP list being the most prevalent in Critical and High-risk findings. This information is likely to change slightly for 2024/25 entry as our plans evolve. You'll receive full information on your teaching before you start your course. A common High risk we frequently observe during API penetration tests, is API calls being unintentionally available to unauthenticated users. In observing such oversights, we have been able to retrieve data about users (typically in B2C solutions), and even data about different client companies (typically in B2B solutions) in multi-tenant environments, without requiring any valid access or session tokens to do so. This information is likely to change slightly for 2023 entry as our plans evolve. You'll receive full information on your teaching before you start your course.

work with other specialists, such as Cyber Threat Intelligence analysts, to keep updated with the latest threats/vulnerabilities

You have a strong support network available to you to make sure you develop all the necessary academic skills you need to do well on your course. Given that the scoping exercise with our client is such a crucial step in the process and ensures an effective and efficient API test, we aim to understand the context by looking at the following key areas: Live in-person on campus learning – This will focus on active and experiential sessions that are both:Gathering intelligence (e.g., network and domain names, mail server) to better understand how a target works and its potential vulnerabilities. An application programming interface (“API”) is a software intermediary between different applications. Using a set of defined rules enables systems to communicate with each other. You can think of APIs as connective tissue or messengers that run between systems, allowing data transfer from application to application. The two most common types of APIs are Representational State Transfer (“REST”) and Simple Object Access Protocol (“SOAP”). What is API penetration testing? Static analysis – Inspecting an application’s code to estimate the way it behaves while running. These tools can scan the entirety of the code in a single pass. The most typical usage of APIs today is their integration into web and mobile app development and can be used to do a great many things in the context of application processing. It is worth bearing in mind that APIs can retrieve data from systems locally: