2. Security Fundamentals

Although every chapter in the rest of the book will include recommendations for improving the security of your website, security is such an important subject that this chapter focuses on it alone. There are three broad topics:

Image Exploring general theory and background information

Image Creating a secure environment

Image Recognizing and combating common vulnerabilities

Some of the topics discussed here will be implemented in real-world ...

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