API Security Test With POSTMAN

Due to the extensive usage of APIs, they have become a vulnerable target for hackers. The vulnerabilities present in APIs can result in security failures, data breaches, unauthorized access, and more. API abuses have emerged as the most prevalent form of web application attacks. Securing APIs is of utmost importance for maintaining a secure digital business environment. The initial step towards achieving this goal is conducting an API security assessment.

POSTMAN, widely recognized as an API development environment, offers a comprehensive suite of features. It allows users to design, mock, debug, test, document, monitor, and publish APIs simultaneously. POSTMAN proves highly convenient for executing APIs. While many are familiar with the essential testing capabilities of POSTMAN, recent developments involving POSTMAN and Pynt have opened up new avenues for API security testing.

Pynt serves as an API security solution that facilitates the execution of security tests on existing Postman Collections. By incorporating your functional test collection into the Pynt collection, you can generate automated security tests. These tests leverage your existing functional tests to evaluate the security of APIs. To run the API security test collection in your workspace, simply provide the name of your functional test collection to Pynt. This integration between POSTMAN and Pynt streamlines the process of conducting API security tests.

Jency Stella

Jency is an ardent Software Tester and has been investigating the line between Software and Testing for the past 9+years. Her love affair with 'Software Testing' began years ago, starting from an 'ETL Test Engineer' to currently 'Lead QA Engineer' in the role of a passionate 'API Tester' at "Billennium IT Services (M) SDN. BHD.". She loves to spend time exploring the concepts and interesting facts about Software Testing. She is fond of sharing her experiences by blogging and participating in tech communities. Jency is an ISTQB Certified Foundation Level and Agile Tester. Other interesting facts about Jency – MOM of a 4 year old Superhero | Certified Mentor | Community Contributor | Occasional YouTuber.

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