Understand Your Risk With An API Penetration Test
An API penetration test is the best way to identify weaknesses within your API before an attacker exploits them. At Triaxiom we emulate the real-world attacks your organization is likely to face to quantify the risks on your network perimeter.
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Charlotte, N.C.-Based Pen Test Partner For 650+ Organizations
At Triaxiom Security, we specialize in API penetration testing. Our engineers have industry-recognized certifications and a wealth of experience performing penetration tests for Fortune 500 Companies, Small Start-Ups, Government Agencies, Higher Education, Regional and Metro Hospitals, Payment Processors, Top US Financial Institutions, and everything in between.
Trusted By Organizations Across All Industry Verticals
As a trusted security partner for organizations ranging from small start-ups to the Fortune 500, we pride ourselves on providing what you need to make data-driven decisions to optimize your resources and navigate the current cybersecurity landscape. With clients in every major vertical, we understand the unique challenges you face and how to tailor our assessments to meet your needs.
Our API Penetration Test Process
Our first step is to jump on a quick call with you and one of our lead engineers to understand your organization’s needs and to scope the penetration test. Within a few hours following this call, you will have a proposal with pricing information and next steps.
Our Proposal will have everything you need to make a decision, including scope, our detailed methodology for the in-scope assessments, pricing information, and the biography of a lead engineer who will be directly involved with your assessment.
Should you choose to move forward with Triaxiom, we will provide the required contracts to get the project started. Once contracts are signed, we will assign a project manager to your account that will work with you to schedule the kick-off call and execution of the assessment.
On the kickoff call, we will review the Rules of Engagement document that will govern the project. It will include all project contracts, the rules the team will follow during testing, the testing schedule, and allow you to provide the necessary technical details to facilitate your assessment.
Once we are on the same page, we will get started. While execution times vary depending on the scope, on average, most projects take one to two weeks of active testing to complete.
All of our assessments go through two rounds of Quality Assurance to ensure our reports and tests meet the highest standards. This includes a technical QA process to ensure our methodology was followed and all evidence was properly collected/analyzed. This is followed by a thorough documentation QA to ensure our reports are consistent and actionable.
Once the reports are complete, we will share them with you via our secure portal. Finally, we will jump on a deliverable presentation to meet with your team to review all findings and answer any questions you may have.
At Triaxiom Security, our primary goal is to make your organization more secure. As part of that, any findings identified during our test that you wish to remediate can be included in a one-time retest within 90 days of report delivery, free of charge. The team will validate that your remediation efforts were effective and will update the reports to reflect your heightened security posture.
Deliverables
Each client engagement concludes with a comprehensive report that clearly outlines your organization’s security posture and testing results. Key features of the report include:
- Executive summary highlighting strengths, risks, and takeaways
- Detailed results from the external penetration test
- Clear descriptions of risks, affected systems, evidence, and prioritized remediation recommendations
- Visual summaries and a risk rating scale
- Roadmap to gradually improve security posture
API Pen Test FAQs
At the end of the day, penetration testing companies should base the cost of an assessment on the time it takes an engineer to do the required work. Using some basic questions, we can estimate the time required to perform a thorough assessment. For example, if you have a small API with less than 50 well-documented endpoints/routes, it should cost around ~$6,000 as a baseline.
Much like cost, the time required to perform an API penetration test can vary by the size of the target, based on the number of unique routes/calls supported. With that said, most API penetration tests take anywhere from one to two weeks.
At Triaxiom Security, we do everything we can to give you a holistic view of your risk by emulating the real-world attacks you are likely to face. However, we also understand the impact that outages can cause and do everything we can to avoid any disruptions. We do not exploit any denial-of-service vulnerabilities and do not perform any stress/load testing. We’ll work with you to determine the best environment to perform our testing in based on your needs and the available options.
There is always a small chance of things like unintended data manipulation or an unstable system experiencing an outage. When that happens, we stop all testing, figure out what caused the issue, and work with you to identify any root causes of instability and adapt our testing going forward to meet your needs.
Our engineers have industry leading certifications including:
- GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
- Offensive Security Web Expert (OSWE)
- HTB Certified Web Exploitation Specialist (HTB CWES)
- Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
- GIAC Security Essentials Certified (GSEC)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH)
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