Cybersecurity Foundations·Practice drills 8

Drill 20: Teach it — A practical security checklist

Explain the example to someone who has never seen it.

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  • Explain the example to someone who has never seen it.

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Explain the example to someone who has never seen it.

checklist.txtText
Authentication: slow password hashing, MFA, rate limiting
Authorization: least privilege, server-side checks
Input: parameterised queries, output encoding
Secrets: secret manager, nothing in Git or logs
Headers: HTTPS, HSTS, CSP, secure cookies
Dependencies: lockfile, audit, pinning
Monitoring: structured logs, few precise alerts
Backups: 3-2-1, immutable copy, restore drills
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