CBT

API Security

This CBT is designed to help employees understand critical security risks and adopt safe behaviors to protect organizational information assets from cyber threats. APIs are the digital doorways to our clients' most valuable data; this training ensures you build robust, secure-by-design systems that defend against modern attacks from day one

API Security
  • Overview
  • Learning Objectives
  • Topics Covered
  • Recommended For
  • Features
  • Assessment
  • Compliance
  • Risk Impact
  • Tracking & Reporting

CBT Overview

This CBT is designed to help employees understand critical security risks and adopt safe behaviors to protect organizational information assets from cyber threats. APIs are the digital doorways to our clients' most valuable data; this training ensures you build robust, secure-by-design systems that defend against modern attacks from day one.

What You Will Learn

Understand key security concepts related to APIs, including REST, SOAP, and GraphQL

Identify common risks and threat indicators from the OWASP API Top 10, such as BOLA and SSRF

Learn correct actions and best practices for robust authentication, authorization, and input validation

Respond appropriately to real-world scenarios involving compromised endpoints and exposed secrets

Reduce personal and organizational cyber risk through a secure development lifecycle

Topics Covered

Recommended For

Software Developers and EngineersSystem ArchitectsProject Managers allocating development timeIT & Security teams

Training Features

Animated explainer videos demonstrating attack vectors like BOLA

Real-life scenarios detailing the cost of API data breaches

Interactive questions to test knowledge of AuthN vs. AuthZ

Knowledge checks on secure design principles like rate limiting

Final assessment to validate your API security expertise

Assessment & certification

  • Quiz included: Yes
  • Passing score: 80%
  • Attempts allowed: 3
  • Certification / Completion badge availability: Yes
  • You must complete the CBT and pass the assessment to successfully finish this training

Policy & Compliance relevance

Information Security Policy

Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF)

Data Protection Policy (GDPR, CCPA)

Industry Standards (HIPAA, PCI-DSS)

How this training reduces risk

  • Completing this CBT helps reduce human risk by improving awareness, strengthening secure behavior, and minimizing the likelihood of security incidents.
  • Improves security posture rating by eliminating "shadow" or "zombie" APIs.
  • Part of continuous risk evaluation across the development lifecycle.

Tracking & Reporting

Training completion and assessment results are recorded for security monitoring, risk assessment, and compliance reporting.

  1. Duration: 25 Mins
  2. Level: Intermediate
  3. Category: Application Security
  4. Audience:DevelopersArchitectsProject ManagersSecurity Teams

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