API vulnerability reporting and mitigation
When a client employs a security company to conduct a vulnerability assessment and/or a penetration test, this document is primarily what they are interested in. A vulnerability and/or penetration testing report can be defined as a document provided by the API security testers after the assessment of your API security that contains a detailed analysis of vulnerabilities they uncovered during the assessment, risks these vulnerabilities pose to your organization, and mitigation steps to minimize their impacts. Despite this document being vital in vulnerability management, it is most often the most disliked part of the process.
The quality of the security assessment largely depends on this document. The best security assessment is of little to no use if the client cannot correctly interpret the report to correct issues found during the assessment or understand it. It sets the foundation for the entire assessment and plays an important role...
