Phase 13 · Security
TopicsSecurity Headers
Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap.
Summary
Response headers like Strict-Transport-Security, X-Content-Type-Options and Content-Security-Policy that instruct browsers to enforce additional protections for your app.
How to Learn This
- 1Scan a deployed API/site with a header-checking tool, e.g. securityheaders.com.
- 2Add any missing recommended headers via Helmet or manual configuration.
- 3Learn what each header specifically prevents.
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