Building any application without security is a potential risk not only to the consumers of the application but also to the business owners. Web-based applications not only need to store data but also transmit it over the wire. Most of these applications would contain valuable information for a business, thus requiring them to be secured. Whether an application is for internal use or publicly available, securing it cannot be ignored. Even for internal applications within a network, security cannot be taken for granted. With the growing number of security threats, it would only take one of these to seep through the security holes and cause damage.
In the sections to follow, we will walk through the steps required to secure our backend and frontend using token-based security. You will learn to secure your applications and understand the basics of securing...