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API Security Tools: Threat Protection vs. Testing & 8 Tools to Know

What Are API Security Tools?

API security tools are software solutions designed to protect application programming interfaces (APIs) from threats and breaches. Thesy provide functionalities like authentication, encryption, threat detection, and security testing.

This is part of a series of articles about API security

By scanning and evaluating the traffic to and from APIs, these tools help identify security vulnerabilities, support their remediation, and prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

API security tools are important for organizations that rely on APIs for seamless integration and data exchange. They help safeguard APIs from common vulnerabilities and attacks such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. This ensures uninterrupted and secure API operations.

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