API Security Testing
The advanced course every modern security professional needs — APIs are the new attack surface.
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Why this course pays off
APIs power every modern application — and they're under-tested everywhere. This 8-week advanced course goes deep on the OWASP API Security Top 10, GraphQL attacks, authentication flaws, and real-world fintech / healthtech case studies relevant to the African market.
- Specialise as an API Security Tester — one of the highest-paid niches
- Lead API security reviews for fintech, healthtech and SaaS products
- File high-bounty API vulnerabilities on HackerOne and Bugcrowd
- Earn ₦800k–₦2.2M/month in Nigeria, $100k–$160k/year internationally
Course Outline
8 modules · designed and taught by working pentesters.
Tools you'll master
Who should take this course
Senior Pentesters
You already test web apps and want to expand into the highest-paying niche.
Backend Developers
You build APIs and want to understand how they're being attacked in the wild.
AppSec Engineers
You're responsible for API security at your organisation and need depth.
Everything included in your enrollment
Practising offensive security engineers
Every Hackrowd Academy course is taught by working penetration testers from our own consulting practice. They bring real engagements, fresh CVEs, and current attacker tradecraft into every session.
What graduates say
The hands-on labs at Hackrowd Academy got me job-ready in months — not years. I landed my first security role two weeks after graduation.
I've taken several online courses. Hackrowd is the only one where the instructors are practising pentesters who teach how things actually work.
The capstone project alone is worth the tuition. It became the centrepiece of my portfolio and got me three interviews in a month.
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