Web Hosting Security: What Developers Should Demand
The web hosting security features developers should demand - firewalls and IDS, backups, SSL/TLS, audits and patching - plus why outsourced expertise and best practices matter.
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The web hosting security features developers should demand - firewalls and IDS, backups, SSL/TLS, audits and patching - plus why outsourced expertise and best practices matter.
Why small dev teams increasingly outsource security to managed providers - the expertise gap, scalability, compliance help, cost-effectiveness, and how to choose the right partner.
Encryption in transit and at rest for web teams - how each works, balancing security with performance, key management, compliance, and where encryption is heading.
How the SameSite, Secure, and HttpOnly cookie attributes work, what each protects against, and why combining all three gives cookies a layered defense.
What GDPR and CCPA actually require from your code - data subject rights, consent management, minimization, security by design, breach notification - and the practical coding tasks each implies.
A developer's practical privacy checklist - data collection and consent, storage and access controls, processing and sharing, security testing, and privacy by design.
A practical checklist for auditing your site's security headers - CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and more - plus the tools, business impact, and maintenance practices that keep them effective.
Penetration testing basics for web teams - the types of pen tests, the five-phase process, common web vulnerabilities, benefits, and how to integrate testing into the SDLC.
How automated vulnerability scanning fits into CI/CD pipelines - what it is, its benefits, implementation best practices, common challenges, and where the practice is heading.