Identity and Data Security for Web Development

Developers, designers, engineers, and creators can no longer afford to pass responsibility for identity and data security onto others. Web developers who don&&&8217;t understand how to obscure data in transmission, for instance, can open security flaws on a site without realizing it. With this practical guide, you&&&8217;ll learn how and why everyone working on a system needs to ensure that users and data are protected.

Authors Jonathan LeBlanc and Tim Messerschmidt provide a deep dive into the concepts, technology, and programming methodologies necessary to build a secure interface for data and identity&&&8212;without compromising usability. You&&&8217;ll learn how to plug holes in existing systems, protect against viable attack vectors, and work in environments that sometimes are naturally insecure.

• Understand the state of web and application security today
• Design security password encryption, and combat password attack vectors
• Create digital fingerprints to identify users through browser, device, and paired device detection
• Build secure data transmission systems through OAuth and OpenID Connect
• Use alternate methods of identification for a second factor of authentication
• Harden your web applications against attack
• Create a secure data transmission system using SSL/TLS, and synchronous and asynchronous cryptography