Identity and Data Security for Web Development: Best Practices

Balancing usability and security when building a website or app can be incredibly difficult. This practical book teaches you a results-driven approach for accomplishing both without compromising either. Not only will you learn what to be aware of when building your systems, but also how to build a solid identity infrastructure across devices that’s both usable and secure. You’ll be able to harden your data infrastructure and privileged user information, while using common techniques to prevent data breaches. You’ll also take a look at future technology that will impact data and identity security.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Password Encryption, Hashing, and Salting
Chapter 3. Identity Security Fundamentals
Chapter 4. Securing the Login with OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect
Chapter 5. Alternate methods of identification
Chapter 6. Hardening Web Applications
Chapter 7. Data Transmission Security
Appendix A. GitHub Repositories
Appendix B. Technical Preconditions and Requirements