Onboard the application

AppSentinels API Security Platform is built on a three-tier architecture with the AppSentinels Sensor, AppSentinels Edge Controller, and API Security Platform as its components. It has an add-on component for Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) if the application is not internet-facing.

To secure an application with the AppSentinels API Security Platform, the AppSentinels Controller and Sensors must be deployed in the application environment. AppSentinels supports multiple modes of deployment. See the Deployment Guide for more details.

Upon successfully deploying the Controller and Sensor, the AppSentinels Security Platform starts discovering the APIs of the application, and this onboards the application to the AppSentinels SaaS Platform. The name of the application specified at the time of deployment is shown on the top-left corner of the Dashboard.

From here on, the discovery is continuous, and the AppSentinels SaaS Dashboard catalogs APIs and their parameters and reports vulnerabilities, threats, and security events.