---
type: project
status: completed
client: "[[GlobalBank]]"
start_date: 2024-07-01
end_date: 2024-09-30
budget: 52000
billed_to_date: 52000
priority: high
tags:
  - project
  - security
  - finance
  - completed
  - audit
---
# [[GlobalBank API Audit]]

## Overview

Comprehensive security audit of [[GlobalBank]]'s open banking API platform. Identified vulnerabilities, provided remediation roadmap, and supported implementation of fixes.

**Client**: [[GlobalBank]]
**Contact**: [[Robert Williams]], [[VP Engineering]]
**Timeline**: 3 months (Jul - [[Sep 2024]])
**Budget**: $52,000 | **Billed**: $52,000 (100%)
**Status**: Completed

## Scope

### [[Phase 1]]: Assessment (4 weeks)
- API inventory and documentation review
- Authentication/authorization analysis
- Data flow mapping
- Threat modeling

### [[Phase 2]]: Testing (4 weeks)
- Automated security scanning
- Manual penetration testing
- Business logic testing
- Compliance verification (PSD2, GDPR)

### [[Phase 3]]: [[Remediation Support]] (4 weeks)
- Vulnerability prioritization
- Remediation guidance
- Implementation review
- Final verification

## [[Findings Summary]]

| Severity | Count | Fixed |
|----------|-------|-------|
| Critical | 2 | 2 |
| High | 5 | 5 |
| Medium | 12 | 10 |
| Low | 23 | 15 |

### [[Critical Findings]]
1. **Token leakage** in error responses - Fixed
2. **Rate limiting bypass** via header manipulation - Fixed

## Deliverables

- Executive summary report
- Technical findings document (87 pages)
- Remediation roadmap (prioritized)
- Re-test results
- Compliance mapping (PSD2, GDPR)

## [[Key Decisions]]

1. **Scope**: Focused on customer-facing APIs (internal deferred)
2. **Timeline**: Compressed to meet regulatory deadline
3. **Tooling**: [[Burp Suite]] + custom scripts

## [[Lessons Learned]]

- Financial sector requires extensive documentation
- Compliance mapping adds 2 weeks minimum
- [[Security Team]] engagement critical early
- Rate limiting testing needs careful coordination

→ Added to [[Data Migration Playbook]] as lessons learned

## Related

- Client: [[GlobalBank]]
- Knowledge: [[API Security Checklist]]

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*Completed: 2024-09-30*
*[[Last Reviewed]]: 2024-10-15*
