Developing a secure and scalable frontend
As traffic to websites and web applications increases, infrastructure must be put in place to handle scalingbut with that comes an increased risk for security breaches. James Baker and Mira Thambireddy dive into specific client-side vulnerabilities, discussing design patterns that scale an application securely and which frameworks currently in the market already employ these practices.
| Talk Title | Developing a secure and scalable frontend |
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| Conference | O’Reilly Security Conference |
| Conf Tag | Build better defenses |
| Location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Date | November 9-11, 2016 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
| Video | |
As traffic to websites and web applications increases, infrastructure must be put in place to handle scaling. However, this increase in traffic also means more visibility to the public and an increased risk for security breaches. Though frameworks are emerging with security in mind, currently, many organizations still rely upon procedural, imperative JavaScript and supplementary libraries like jQuery to build their web user interfaces (UI). This means that these organizations are building their own solutions to problems and are likely creating risk for exploitation in areas that may not be obvious to the average developer. James Baker and Mira Thambireddy dive into specific client-side vulnerabilities that developers create through their implementations and how they can be avoided, discussing design patterns that scale an application securely and which frameworks currently in the market already employ these practices.
