A Security Baseline for Web Applications
Security is an ongoing practice built on updates, validation, authorization, secret management, and recoverable backups.
Security is an ongoing practice built on updates, validation, authorization, secret management, and recoverable backups.
The decision that should precede delivery
Validate input server-side and authorize every resource. Use security headers, rate limiting, and audit logs, and update dependencies through a reviewed and tested process.
Start with sensitive assets, access paths, and recovery. Reduce privileges, assume an external provider or credential fails, and test whether the team can detect the incident and recover.
A reviewable checklist
- MFA for admin accounts
- Secrets outside Git
- Tested backups
- Documented incident response
Review questions before scaling
- Has the team documented: MFA for admin accounts?
- Has the team documented: Secrets outside Git?
- Has the team documented: Tested backups?
Keep each answer beside the decision, owner, and review date. If the required signal is unavailable, reduce the experiment instead of expanding delivery scope.
Turn the insight into an action
Choose one decision you can apply this week, assign an owner and success signal, then review the result before expanding scope.