Spring Boot Tutorial 0/110 lessons ~6 min read Lesson 88

    Production Security

    Production-grade security is layered.

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    Introduction

    Production-grade security is layered. The cheap, high-impact list every Spring Boot app should ship.

    Understanding the topic

    The non-negotiable checklist:

    • ✅ HTTPS everywhere; HSTS preload.
    • ✅ Dependency scanning (Dependabot, Snyk) on every PR.
    • ✅ Secrets in a vault, never in env files in git.
    • ✅ Rotate keys/passwords on a schedule.
    • ✅ Run as non-root in containers; read-only FS where possible.
    • ✅ Image scanning (Trivy) in CI.
    • ✅ WAF in front; rate limit at gateway.
    • ✅ Audit log for sensitive ops (login, admin actions, money).
    • ✅ Separate IAM roles per service; least privilege.
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