Why FroggerAPI Exists

The reality in most organizations

In many companies, development teams own Postman collections or OpenAPI files, while security teams own scanning tools like Tenable WAS.

The handoff usually looks like this:

Dev team → emails Postman / Swagger → Security team → Tenable WAS

This seems simple. In practice, it breaks down quickly.

Why email is not a system of record

• No version history
• No validation before scanning
• No guarantee the spec matches production
• No audit trail of who sent what and when

Security teams end up scanning APIs with outdated, permissive, or incomplete definitions—leading to false positives, missed endpoints, and wasted investigation time.

What goes wrong in practice

• Developers forget to send updated specs
• Specs drift quietly from reality
• Manual edits introduce inconsistencies
• Security scans produce noise instead of signal

None of this is a tooling failure. It’s a workflow failure.

What security teams actually need

• A single place to receive API definitions
• Automatic validation before scanning
• Normalized, scan-ready OpenAPI output
• Clear visibility into what changed and when
• Evidence that governance checks occurred

This is not about blocking deployments. It’s about ensuring scans are based on reality.

How FroggerAPI fixes the problem

Dev Teams
  ↓
FroggerAPI (validate, normalize, version)
  ↓
Security Team
  ↓
Tenable WAS

• Developers submit Postman or OpenAPI definitions
• Frogger validates and normalizes inputs automatically
• Security always scans the latest approved spec
• History, diffs, and audit logs are built in

FroggerAPI becomes the system of record for “scan-ready” API definitions.

What FroggerAPI is not

• Not a deployment gate by default
• Not a CI/CD blocker unless you choose
• Not a runtime traffic inspection tool
• Not a replacement for Tenable WAS

FroggerAPI complements scanning tools by fixing the input problem.

Who FroggerAPI is for

• Security teams scanning APIs owned by multiple dev teams
• Organizations tired of chasing spec updates
• Teams that want fewer false positives and better coverage
• Enterprises that need auditability around scan inputs

Optional CI integration

Some teams run Frogger checks in CI for early visibility. Others keep CI and deployment completely separate.

Both models work. FroggerAPI does not force a deployment gate.

Learn about optional CI integration →