Apigee for IoT / OT
What middleBrick covers
- Black-box scanning with no agents or code access
- Read-only methods to protect operational stability
- Detection of authentication and authorization flaws
- Mapping findings to OWASP API Top 10, PCI-DSS, SOC 2
- LLM adversarial probe testing for AI surface risks
- Programmatic access for custom integrations
API Security Posture for IoT and OT Environments
IoT and OT environments expose APIs that were often designed for local, physical access and not for internet-facing threats. These APIs frequently lack strong authentication, expose sensitive operational data, and inherit legacy protocol behaviors that increase risk. The scanner evaluates the public-facing surface of these APIs using read-only methods to avoid any impact on device availability or control systems.
Coverage of Standards and Frameworks
Findings from the scan map directly to OWASP API Top 10 (2023), PCI-DSS 4.0, and SOC 2 Type II controls. This alignment helps you prepare for audit evidence related to access control, encryption, and monitoring requirements. For other frameworks, the tool surfaces findings relevant to security controls described in HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST, and CCPA, using alignment language rather than compliance guarantees.
Black-Box Scanning Approach for Operational Safety
The scanner operates as a black-box solution with no agents, SDKs, or code access required. It works with any language, framework, or cloud deployment by probing only read-only methods such as GET and HEAD, plus text-only POST for LLM probes. No active exploitation or mutation testing is performed, ensuring that device operations remain undisturbed while still identifying authentication misconfigurations, data exposure, and input validation issues.
Authenticated Scanning and Safe Credential Handling
When enabled, authenticated scanning supports Bearer tokens, API keys, Basic auth, and cookies. Access requires domain verification through DNS TXT records or an HTTP well-known file to ensure only the domain owner can scan with credentials. The scanner strictly forwards a header allowlist containing Authorization, X-API-Key, Cookie, and X-Custom-* headers to prevent credential leakage to unintended endpoints.
Detection Scope and Limitations
The scanner detects issues such as JWT misconfigurations, IDOR patterns, privilege escalation indicators, CORS misconfigurations, unsafe data exposure like PII and API keys, SSRF indicators, and LLM-specific adversarial probes. It does not perform active SQL injection or command injection testing, does not fix or remediate findings, and does not detect business logic vulnerabilities that require domain context. It also does not replace a human pentester for high-stakes audits.