Web & API Penetration Testing Certification
Break modern apps
Key facts
- Level: Professional
- Field: Cybersecurity & Information Security
- Estimated study time: about 36 hours
- Credential price: $149
- Exam: 60 questions · 90 minutes · pass mark 70%
About the Web & API Penetration Testing certification
Test modern web and API security: recon and mapping, injection and authentication flaws, access control and SSRF, the API Security Top 10, business-logic abuse, and professional reporting.
What you will learn
The official Web & API Penetration Testing study course covers:
- Foundations of Web & API Penetration Testing — Establish the legal, methodological and technical baseline for professional web and API security engagements.
- Active Mapping & Enumeration — Systematically discover and enumerate web application and API attack surface using active techniques.
- Injection & Input Validation Attacks — Master the full range of injection vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs, from SQLi to XXE.
- Access Control & Business Logic Vulnerabilities — Identify and exploit broken access control, IDOR, privilege escalation and business-logic flaws in web APIs.
- Advanced API Attack Techniques — Execute sophisticated attacks against GraphQL, OAuth, CORS and API gateways that go beyond standard OWASP checklists.
- Professional Reporting & Tooling Mastery — Produce high-quality penetration test reports and build efficient automation workflows using Burp Suite and scripting.
- Exam Readiness — Web & API Penetration Testing — Consolidate knowledge across all domains, understand the certification exam structure and build a practical revision strategy.
- Hands-on Lab — Pentest Your Own Vulnerable API — A web/API pentest capstone in Google Colab: build your own deliberately-vulnerable API in memory, then find, exploit and fix SQL injection, broken ac…
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Web & API Penetration Testing certificate verifiable?
- Yes. Every issued Hootix Academy certificate carries a unique credential code that anyone can verify online.
- How is the Web & API Penetration Testing exam structured?
- It is a 90-minute proctored multiple-choice exam of 60 questions; you need 70% to pass.
- Do I need to buy the course to take the exam?
- You can purchase the certification exam on its own, or bundle it with the full study course at a reduced price.
- How long does the Web & API Penetration Testing course take?
- About 36 hours of self-paced study.