Security Audit
Purpose
Provides security review checklist for identifying vulnerabilities and ensuring secure coding practices.
Authentication & Authorization
- • Strong password requirements enforced
- • Multi-factor authentication available
- • Session management secure (timeout, invalidation)
- • JWT tokens properly validated
- • Role-based access control (RBAC) implemented
- • Authorization checked on every endpoint
Input Validation
- • All user input validated and sanitized
- • SQL injection prevention (parameterized queries)
- • XSS prevention (output encoding)
- • CSRF tokens on state-changing operations
- • File upload validation (type, size, content)
Data Protection
- • Sensitive data encrypted at rest
- • TLS/SSL for data in transit
- • No secrets in source code
- • Environment variables for configuration
- • Secure key management
API Security
- • Rate limiting implemented
- • API authentication required
- • CORS properly configured
- • API versioning in place
- • Error messages don't leak info
Common Vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10)
- •Broken Access Control
- •Cryptographic Failures
- •Injection
- •Insecure Design
- •Security Misconfiguration
- •Vulnerable Components
- •Authentication Failures
- •Data Integrity Failures
- •Logging Failures
- •SSRF
Security Headers
- •Content-Security-Policy
- •X-Frame-Options
- •X-Content-Type-Options
- •Strict-Transport-Security
- •Permissions-Policy