API Security Checklist Highlights Key Practices Startups Often Overlook

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A security guide published on DEV Community warns that most API vulnerabilities at startups stem not from sophisticated attacks but from neglected basic practices during fast-paced development. The checklist covers essential controls including authentication, authorization, input validation, HTTPS enforcement, and rate limiting. It also urges developers to avoid hardcoding secrets in source code and to use environment variables or secret management services instead. Security logging, versioning, and pre-deployment testing for common flaws like SQL injection and broken authentication are also recommended. The guide emphasizes that API security should be built into development workflows from the start, not treated as a last-minute addition before launch.

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