API Discovery
How Escape’s agentless API discovery technology works
Discover what makes Escape's agentless API discovery technology truly innovative.
Alexandra Charikova
Alexandra leads Growth & Community at Escape and hosts The Elephant in AppSec podcast, focusing on application security. She’s active in BSides Amsterdam, OWASP AppSec Days, and contributes security research featured in outlets like Help Net Security
Alexandra Charikova — Last Publications
API Security
The State of GraphQL Security 2024
Insights from 13,000 GraphQL API issues: Read our deep dive into the current state of GraphQL security.
Podcast
AI Security: How Hard Is It to Develop Secure AI?
This blog is based on our conversation with Rob van der Veer, Senior Principal Expert at the Software Improvement Group. It explores the complex challenges of developing secure AI systems and the critical role of governance and role segregation in AI security.
Product updates
Product updates: Automated schema generation
We are excited to introduce our latest feature: automated schema generation for all your discovered APIs. Having an OpenAPI Specification (OAS) is beneficial because it provides a standardized, machine-readable format for documenting RESTful APIs, promoting clarity and consistency across different services. with an OAS, developers can leverage a plethora of tools for API development, testing, and documentation. It also serves as a contract between API providers and consumers, clearly outlining
Case Study
Case Study: How Escape helps the French Football Federation secure the development of its online services
Discover how Escape secures the development of the online services of the French Football Federation.
Webinar recap
Webinar recap: How to build relationships with developers?
Join our guest expert, Dustin Lehr, to learn how to earn developers' respect, introduce gamification, and get issues fixed in a security context.
Application Security
How to secure non-human identities? with Andrew Wilder and Amir Shaked
This blog is based on our conversation with Andrew Wilder, Retained Chief Security Officer at Community Veterinary Partners and Amir Shaked, VP of R&D at Oasis Security. It covers the unique challenges of securing non-human identities.
Application Security
The Elephant in AppSec Conference is here!
Get ready for some opinionated talks.
Application Security
Software Supply Chain Risks ⎪Cassie Crossley (VP Supply Chain Security, Schneider Electric)
This blog is based on our conversation with Cassie Crossley, Vice President of Supply Chain Security at Schneider Electric. It covers the unique challenges of software supply chain security.
Webinar
Webinar: How to build relationships with developers
Are you a security leader struggling to connect meaningfully with your developers? Join our guest expert, Dustin Lehr, to learn how to earn developers' respect, introduce gamification, and get issues fixed.
Podcast
Security challenges in the financial sector⎪Max Imbiel (CISO, Bitpanda)
This blog is based on the podcast episode with Max Imbiel, CISO at Bitpanda. It covers the unique challenges of building secure financial applications.
Product updates
Vulnerabilities prioritization funnel: Focus on what matters
We are excited to announce updates to our vulnerability prioritization funnel, which will help you focus on vulnerabilities that pose a real danger to your business.
GraphQL Security
How to secure GraphQL APIs: challenges and best practices
GraphQL APIs, while offering robust features and flexibility, present unique security challenges compared to traditional REST APIs. This article delves into the complexities of securing GraphQL APIs, highlighting common vulnerabilities and providing a comprehensive guide to best practices for building secure GraphQL apps. A visual learner? Check out our latest webinar on GraphQL security: Why Securing GraphQL is Challenging Complex query capabilities GraphQL APIs allow for complex querie
Product updates
DAST Scanner: New features and improvements
We are excited to announce the updates to our DAST scanner, helping you achieve improved performance and obtain better results when testing your APIs.
API Inventory
API Inventory: New features and improvements
With our updates to API discovery and inventory, you gain even more capabilities to easily achieve complete governance.
Custom Security Tests
Are custom security tests a product security superpower? ⎜Keshav Malik (LinkedIn)
Welcome to the Elephant in AppSec, the podcast to explore, challenge, and boldly face the AppSec Elephants in the room. In this article, we'll cover the main takeaways from our conversation with Keshav Malik, a senior Product Security Engineer at LinkedIn. Our goal is to help you understand how to better write your custom security tests. Dive right in! Keshav's background Keshav is a Senior Product Security Engineer at LinkedIn. With experience in information security and a passion for autom
Application Security
How to secure cloud-native applications
This article is based on the Elephant in AppSec podcast episode with Mihir Shah, a Senior Staff Application Security Engineer at ForgeRock, and the author of the Cloud Native Software Security Handbook.
API Discovery
The challenges and opportunities of API governance in 2024
Learn more about the concept of API sprawl, its implications, and the challenges and importance of API governance.
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API Security
[Fireside Chat] API sprawl: Understanding the growing challenge of 2024 and how to navigate it
Hey there 👋 Join Bill Doerrfeld, tech journalist and Editor-in-Chief at the Nordic APIs blog, Erik Wilde, OAI Ambassador at the OpenAPI Initiative, and Antoine Carossio, CTO and co-founder at Escape, for a fireside chat on the challenges of API sprawl. Sign me up! During this live discussion, they will explore: * The key factors contributing to API sprawl * Examine its causes * Discuss its implications for organizations, security engineers, and developers * Share insights on ways to pre
API Security
Workshop "How to write custom security tests" - Main Takeaways
Organizations are constantly seeking ways to improve their defenses against business logic vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities, often difficult to detect, can lead to significant security breaches if left unchecked. To address this challenge, we've introduced a new feature within our platform that empowers teams to create custom business logic tests for APIs, enabling the identification and remediation of security flaws at scale. To explain how to get started with custom security tests, we h
Podcast
The art and science of product security: A deep dive with Jacob Salassi
Welcome to the Elephant in AppSec, the podcast to explore, challenge, and boldly face the AppSec Elephants in the room. Today we’re excited to have an amazing guest, Jacob Salassi, join us. You can find the main takeaways from our conversation with Jacob just down below! Jacob's background Jacob is the Director of Product Security and Regulatory Expansion at Snowflake, where he has played a pivotal role in guiding the company through its pre- and post-IPO phases. With over 15 years of exper
Product updates
Introducing Escape rules - Rules that adapt for you
Today, we’re launching customization improvements to Escape’s automated testing capabilities. With Escape Rules, you can now write custom security tests that do not require any maintenance and adapt to each newly discovered API and each new version of your existing APIs. 💡Want to learn how to write custom security tests for your APIs? Sign up for our upcoming workshop. What is an Escape Rule? Escape Rule is a custom security test that can be created to address unique security concerns or sc
Application Security
Building security training for developers in 2024: Is it really worth it and how to proceed?
If you're a security engineer, the chances that you've struggled with your development team to implement secure coding practices are high. If you don't have the right culture in your organization, it might be even harder. Developers consider you as an adversary, rather than an ally that's here to help them. It feels like an uphill battle day in, day out. We had great training at Segment, where we had two parts where every single new engineer had to go through it. We had to think like an attacke
API Security
Sensitive data exposure: How to prevent it and where do we stand in 2025
Do you fully grasp the magnitude of sensitive data exposure? It stands as one of the most prevalent and menacing threats to organizational security in 2025. Picture any information quintessential to an individual's or a company's identity and safety - personal, financial, health, or trade secrets. When such critical data sees the light of day in places it shouldn't, the dominoes start to fall: identity theft, scams, legal battles, tarnished reputations, and steep regulatory penalties. You don't
Alexandra Charikova — Events, Talks & Papers
BSidesSF 2026 - More Role Models in AppSec: How to Get It Right (Alexandra Charikova)
The State of Security of Vibe Coded Apps
Escape’s security team scanned 5.6k vibe-coded applications and found 2k high-impact issues & 175 instances of PII. Discover the full report.
What Your Exposed APIs Are Leaking - Alexandra Charikova
