Cybrige Certified API Pentester (CCAP)
Live Instructor-Led Training for Real-World API Security Testing
Course Overview
The Cybrige Certified API Pentester (CCAP) program is designed to equip you with hands-on skills in API security testing and vulnerability assessment. This comprehensive course covers API reconnaissance, authentication and authorization testing, business logic vulnerabilities, and real-world exploitation techniques. Learn to identify and exploit API security flaws through practical, instructor-led sessions that simulate real-world scenarios.
API Course Content
Module 01: Introduction to API Security
Understand API fundamentals, security concepts, common threats, and why APIs are a high-value target in modern applications.
Module 02: How to Interact with an API
Learn how APIs work in real environments, including request methods, headers, parameters, and response handling.
Module 03: Real-World API Breaches
Analyze major real-world API breaches to understand attack patterns, mistakes, and lessons learned.
Module 04: The 3 Pillars of API Security
Deep dive into confidentiality, integrity, and availability in the context of API security.
Module 05: API Security Technology Landscape
Explore tools, platforms, and technologies used to secure APIs, including gateways, monitoring, and protection solutions.
Module 06: API Pentesting Lab Setup
Set up a complete hands-on lab environment for API testing using real-world tools and vulnerable APIs.
Module 07: API Pentesting Recon
Master reconnaissance techniques to identify endpoints, parameters, versions, and undocumented APIs.
Module 08: Endpoint Analysis
Learn how to analyze API endpoints to discover vulnerabilities, logic flaws, and weak input validation.
Module 09: Scanning APIs
Use automated and manual techniques to scan APIs for common and advanced security issues.
Module 10: OWASP API Security Top 10 (2019)
Understand and exploit vulnerabilities listed in the OWASP API Top 10 (2019) with practical examples.
Module 11: OWASP API Security Top 10 (2023)
Learn the latest OWASP API Top 10 (2023) risks and how attackers exploit them in real-world APIs.
Module 12: API Authentication Attacks
Exploit weaknesses in API authentication mechanisms, including JWT, OAuth, and token misconfigurations.
Module 13: Exploiting API Authorization
Identify and exploit authorization flaws such as BOLA, BFLA, and privilege escalation issues.
Module 14: Improper Assets Management
Learn how mismanaged API assets expose sensitive data and how attackers discover forgotten or deprecated APIs.
Module 15: Mass Assignment Attack
Understand and exploit mass assignment vulnerabilities to manipulate backend objects and data.
Module 16: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Discover SSRF vulnerabilities in APIs and learn how to exploit internal services and cloud metadata.
Module 17: Injection Attacks
Perform injection attacks such as SQL, NoSQL, and command injections in API environments.
Module 18: Evasion & Combining Techniques
Learn how to bypass security controls by chaining multiple vulnerabilities and evasion techniques.
Module 19: Pentesting Documentation
Create professional pentesting reports and documentation used in real-world security engagements.
Module 20: API Security and Firewall
Understand API firewalls, WAFs, and protection mechanisms, and learn techniques to test and bypass them.
Training Mode
Live Instructor-Led Sessions
Interactive live sessions with expert instructors who provide real-time guidance, answer questions, and share industry insights. These sessions allow for immediate feedback and hands-on problem-solving.
Hands-on Practical Approach
Learn by doing. Each module includes practical labs and exercises where you'll apply the concepts in realistic API security testing scenarios. Build your skills through actual penetration testing practices.
Who Should Enroll
This course is designed for cybersecurity professionals looking to specialize in API security.
Security Professionals
Penetration testers, security analysts, and cybersecurity consultants who want to expand their expertise in API security testing.
Bug Bounty Hunters
Bug bounty hunters looking to improve their API testing skills and discover high-impact vulnerabilities in modern web applications.
Pentesters with Basic Web Knowledge
Security professionals with foundational web application security knowledge who want to specialize in API penetration testing.
Certification
Cybrige Certified API Pentester (CCAP)
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive the industry-relevant Cybrige Certified API Pentester (CCAP) certification. This certification validates your skills in API security testing and demonstrates your expertise to employers and clients.
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