Handling security is an extensive and complex topic. If you don't do it right, you may be hacked. Even if you do everything right, you may be hacked. So it's important you understand the common security mechanisms to avoid exposing your website to vulnerabilities, and also, always follow the recommended practices and methodologies that have been largely tested and proven to be robust.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Basic security practices and concepts
- Learning how to use Amazon Cognito
- Developing the signup and login pages of the serverless store
- Handling authorization and authentication of users in the backend
By the end of this chapter, you will have acquired basic knowledge on how to handle security in AWS to build a serverless website.