11 Securing a real-world application
This chapter covers
- Identifying potential threats against an application based on the architecture and data flow
- Evaluating proposed mitigations based on business risk and level of coverage
- Implementing safeguards for common threats against web applications
- Implementing an authentication and authorization flow using Amazon Cognito
In this chapter we’re going to take what we’ve learned throughout this book and see how we can apply it in a realistic scenario. We’ll start by introducing a sample application and identifying the key areas where we need to apply better security practices. This involves examining the architecture, identifying potential threats, and coming up with potential mitigations for the highest-risk ...
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