API Security Testing in the UAE: Critical Security Guide

This document provides guidance on API security testing for UAE organizations, emphasizing the importance of assessing authentication, authorization, data protection, input validation, rate limiting, configuration, and monitoring; it highlights CBUAE regulatory expectations (including annual independent vulnerability assessments and penetration tests), references the OWASP API Security Top 10, and recommends processes for inventory, testing, remediation, and ongoing monitoring to reduce API-related business, operational, and compliance risks.