What infrastructure and environments does Astra support?

Astra supports a wide range of infrastructure setups including Nginx, AWS (ECS on Fargate, API Gateway), GCP (Apigee, load balancers), and integrates with observability tools like OpenTelemetry and Web Application Firewalls (WAFs).

How does Astra handle API testing and integration?

Astra accepts Postman collections, GraphQL schemas, OpenAPI specs, and JSON files for API testing. It performs continuous and delta security scans whenever APIs are updated, and can be integrated directly into CI/CD pipelines.

What compliance standards does Astra support?

Astra adheres to SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance standards. It implements data protection best practices including encryption and API field redaction, and provides co-branded reports for audit purposes.

What types of API risks does Astra detect?

Astra detects and categorizes various API risks including Shadow APIs (publicly accessible but undocumented APIs), Orphan APIs (APIs no longer receiving traffic), and Zombie APIs (deprecated APIs still in use). It provides real-time inventory updates and risk scoring to help prioritize mitigation.

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Updated:Sep 9, 2025

What is Astra API Security Platform

Astra API Security Platform is an enterprise-grade security solution designed to discover, scan, and protect APIs at scale. Built by security experts who have helped secure major companies like Microsoft, Adobe, and Facebook, the platform offers a unique combination of automated and manual penetration testing capabilities. It integrates seamlessly with existing development workflows and supports various infrastructure setups including Nginx, AWS, GCP, and other cloud environments. The platform is trusted by over 1000+ engineering teams and performs over 10,000 security tests aligned with OWASP Top 10, NIST, and CVE databases.

Key Features of Astra API Security Platform

Astra API Security Platform is a comprehensive security solution that combines continuous API discovery, automated vulnerability scanning, and compliance monitoring. It performs over 13,000 security tests to detect vulnerabilities, shadow/zombie/orphan APIs, and sensitive data exposures while integrating seamlessly with CI/CD pipelines. The platform provides expert-verified reports, supports multiple infrastructure environments, and ensures compliance with standards like SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR.

Continuous Security Scanning: Automatically scans new or modified APIs for vulnerabilities, integrating security directly into development cycles with CI/CD pipeline support and delta security scans for iterative changes

Comprehensive API Discovery: Identifies and catalogs shadow, zombie, and orphan APIs through runtime traffic analysis and CI pipeline integration, providing a complete risk-mapped inventory

Advanced Vulnerability Detection: Runs over 13,000 security tests covering OWASP Top 10, known CVEs, and business logic flaws, with expert verification to eliminate false positives

Compliance Management: Provides detailed compliance mapping and reporting for SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and other standards, with co-branded reports for audits

Use Cases of Astra API Security Platform

Healthcare API Security: Ensures HIPAA compliance and protects sensitive patient data in mental health and healthcare applications by identifying and addressing potential data exposure risks

Financial Services Protection: Secures fintech APIs with specialized testing and compliance monitoring to protect financial transactions and sensitive customer data

Enterprise DevSecOps: Enables large organizations to integrate security testing into their development pipeline, ensuring continuous security monitoring across multiple environments

Pros

Comprehensive security coverage with both automated and manual penetration testing

Strong integration capabilities with CI/CD tools and existing workflows

Expert-verified results with zero false positives

Cons

Pricing may be expensive for smaller organizations

Limited direct integration with OpenAPI spec files

How to Use Astra API Security Platform

Initial Setup: Create an account and log into Astra's dashboard. You'll need an active developer account to access the sandbox API.

Configure Target API: Enter basic details including: Application Name, Business Name, and Base URL of your API in the target setup wizard.

Upload API Specifications: Upload your API definition files in JSON/YAML format, Postman collections, GraphQL schemas, or OpenAPI specs to help Astra understand your API structure.

Configure Authentication: Set up any special authentication methods or tokens required for API access. This helps ensure proper scanning of protected endpoints.

Set Up CI/CD Integration: Integrate Astra's scanner with your CI/CD pipeline to automatically scan APIs during deployment cycles.

Configure Data Protection: Set up field-level redaction rules using regex patterns to protect sensitive data during scans.

Initiate First Scan: Start your first vulnerability scan which will check for over 10,000 vulnerabilities including OWASP Top 10 and known CVEs.

Monitor Results: Access the dashboard to view scan progress, identified vulnerabilities, and risk scores in real-time.

Review Reports: Access detailed vulnerability reports with actionable insights through PDF reports or the dashboard.

Remediate Issues: Work with your team to fix identified vulnerabilities, using Astra's Slack support and Jira integration if needed.

Verify Fixes: Request rescans after implementing fixes to verify that vulnerabilities have been properly addressed.

Astra API Security Platform FAQs

Astra scans for over 10,000 vulnerabilities, including OWASP API Top 10, known CVEs, broken access control, API token leaks, missing API headers, SQL injection, sensitive information in JWT tokens, PII leakage, and authentication misconfigurations.

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