REST API providing programmatic access to Secureframe controls, frameworks, framework requirements, tests, evidence, policies, tasks, risks, personnel, devices, cloud resources, repositories, third-party risk vendors, knowledge base answers, trust center requests, and the SSP and POA&M records used in CMMC and FedRAMP assessments. 76 paths, 112 operations, 41 resource tags. Resource-oriented and JSON:API-shaped, with Lucene-syntax search, page/per_page pagination and include/relationships compound documents. Authenticated with an API key and secret sent as a single space-separated Authorization header; permissions are inherited from the RBAC role of the user the key belongs to.
Secureframe Public API is one of 2 APIs that Secureframe publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include GRC, Compliance, REST, CMMC, and Audit. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.
This API exposes
112 operations
across 76 paths,
organized into 41 resource areas,
and defines 40 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 2023-10-18.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.secureframe.com, https://api-uk.secureframe.com.
112 operations76 paths40 schemas8 DELETE63 GET20 POST21 PUT
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
2023-10-18
Base URL
https://api.secureframe.com
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
41
Authentication & Security 1
Secureframe Public API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (header_authorization).
Paths & Operations 112
Across 76 paths, the API surfaces 112 operations — 8 DELETE, 63 GET, 20 POST, 21 PUT. They span 41 resource areas, including Cloud Resource Framework Asset Scope, Cloud Resource, Comment, Control, Framework Requirement, Framework, Risk, SSP Duty Role, and 33 more. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Cloud Resource Framework Asset Scope 2
This document describes the API for reading and creating Framework Asset Scopes. A Framework Asset Scope defines the scope of an asset (e.g., a Cloud Resource) within a Framework.…
This document describes the API for reading and creating Framework Asset Scopes. A Framework Asset Scope defines the scope of an asset (e.g., a Device) within a Framework. Framewo…
This document describes the API for reading, creating, updating, and discarding POA&M (Plan of Action & Milestones) items.
GET
/poam_items
List POA&M items
poamItemsIndex4 params→ default403401400
POST
/poam_items
Create a POA&M item
poamItemsCreate8 params→ default403401400
GET
/poam_items/{id}
Get a POA&M item
poamItemsShow1 param→ default404403401400
PUT
/poam_items/{id}
Update a POA&M item
poamItemsUpdate9 params→ default404403401400
PUT
/poam_items/{id}/discard
Discard a POA&M item
poamItemsDiscard1 param→ default404403401400
Policy 2
This document describes the API for reading Policies. Policies are returned in every status, including drafts and archived ones. Filter with ?q=status:published to narrow. Note th…
GET
/policies
List Policies
policiesIndex6 params→ default403401400
GET
/policies/{id}
Get a Policy
policiesShow3 params→ default404403401400
Repository Framework Asset Scope 2
This document describes the API for reading Framework Asset Scopes. A Framework Asset Scope defines the scope of an asset (e.g., a Repository) within a Framework. Framework Asset…
This document describes the API for reading and updating Trust Center Requests.\ Note: In order to access this API, you need to have paid features enabled for Trust.
This document describes the API for retrieving user security settings for the provided API key's company.
GET
/user_security_settings
Get user security settings
userSecuritySettingsIndex→ default403401400
Schemas 40
The contract defines 40 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Test (37 properties), CompanyRisk (27 properties), User (26 properties), Control (23 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
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