Does OWASP API Security Top 10 cover Azure Security Benchmark?

39% of Azure Security Benchmark you already have

OWASP API Security Top 10 already covers about 39% of Azure Security Benchmark, leaving 33 of 54 controls as genuinely new work.

Already covered 0 Likely covered 21 New work 33

No control in OWASP API Security Top 10 maps directly to one in Azure Security Benchmark. Everything counted as covered is covered because both map to the same third standard, which is what a crosswalk is, but it is an inference rather than a lookup.

What is genuinely new work

Nothing in OWASP API Security Top 10 reaches these. This is the list to scope.

AM-2

Use Only Approved Services

AM-3

Ensure Security of Asset Lifecycle Management

ASB-09

Federation and single sign-on

ASB-10

API security and access tokens

ASB-15

Secure data deletion in cloud

ASB-18

Cloud workload protection

ASB-25

Service level agreement management

BR-1

Ensure Regular Automated Backups

BR-2

Protect Backup and Recovery Data

DP-2

Monitor Anomalies and Threats Targeting Sensitive Data

DP-3

Encrypt Sensitive Data in Transit

DP-4

Encrypt Data at Rest by Default

DS-6

Enforce Security of Workload Throughout DevOps Lifecycle

ES-1

Use Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

ES-2

Use Modern Anti-Malware Software

GS-1

Align Organisation Roles, Responsibilities and Accountabilities

IM-1

Use Centralised Identity and Authentication System

IM-3

Manage Application Identities Securely

IM-4

Authenticate Server and Services

IM-6

Use Strong Authentication Controls

IM-7

Restrict Resource Access Based on Conditions

LT-3

Enable Logging for Investigation

LT-4

Enable Network Logging for Investigation

LT-5

Centralise Security Log Management and Analysis

NS-1

Establish Network Segmentation Boundaries

NS-2

Secure Cloud Services with Network Controls

NS-3

Deploy Firewall at Edge of Enterprise Network

NS-5

Deploy DDoS Protection

PA-1

Separate and Limit Highly Privileged Users

PA-2

Avoid Standing Access for User Accounts and Permissions

PA-3

Manage Lifecycle of Identities and Entitlements

PV-2

Audit and Enforce Secure Configurations

PV-5

Perform Vulnerability Assessments

Show the 21 you already have

ASB-01

Shared responsibility model definition

ASB-02

Cloud security policy and strategy

ASB-03

Cloud risk assessment

ASB-04

Regulatory compliance for cloud services

ASB-05

Cloud security roles and responsibilities

ASB-06

Cloud identity management

ASB-07

Multi-factor authentication for cloud

ASB-08

Privileged access in cloud environments

ASB-11

Data classification for cloud

ASB-12

Encryption of cloud-stored data

ASB-13

Data residency and sovereignty

ASB-14

Data backup and recovery in cloud

ASB-16

Virtual network segmentation

ASB-17

Container and serverless security

ASB-19

Image and template hardening

ASB-20

Cloud configuration management

ASB-21

Cloud security monitoring and logging

ASB-22

Incident response in cloud

ASB-23

Cloud vulnerability management

ASB-24

Cloud change management

DS-2

Ensure Inventory of Software Components in Code

How this is calculated

Already covered means a mapping runs from a control in OWASP API Security Top 10 to that control. Likely covered means no direct mapping exists but both frameworks map to the same control in a third standard. New work means neither. We keep those separate rather than adding them into one friendlier number, because blending them would present a two-hop inference as a verified fact.

Coverage is not symmetric. Run it the other way and you will get a different number; both are correct.

From 332,959 cross-framework control mappings across 723 frameworks, 531 of them verified against their source documents. It does not tell you that you are compliant: a mapped control means the two standards ask for the same thing, not that you have done it.

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