Akto API Security

Akto API Security is an open-source and enterprise-grade API security platform designed to discover, test, and protect modern APIs across cloud-native architectures and microservices environments. As enterprises increasingly build application logic around REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs, undocumented shadow APIs and business logic vulnerabilities have become primary targets for cyber adversaries. Akto automatically discovers an organization's complete API inventory by inspecting network traffic, cloud gateways, and API proxies, generating a comprehensive, real-time catalog of all active API endpoints, sensitive data parameters, and authentication methods. The platform features an automated API security testing engine with over 500 built-in test templates covering the OWASP API Security Top 10 vulnerabilities, including Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA/IDOR), Broken Authentication, Mass Assignment, and SSRF. Akto integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins, enabling development teams to run automated security regression tests on every pull request before APIs are published to production. By combining continuous API discovery, automated vulnerability testing, and developer-first remediation guidance, Akto empowers engineering and security teams to build resilient API architectures and prevent costly data breaches.