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Published inOct 2023
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781805122463
Edition4th Edition
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Juha Hinkula
Juha Hinkula
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Juha Hinkula

Juha Hinkula is a software development lecturer at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. He received an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki and he has over 17 years of industry experience in software development. Over the past few years, he has focused on modern full stack development. He is also a passionate mobile developer with Android-native technology, and also uses React Native.
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This chapter explains how to secure your Spring Boot backend. Securing your backend is a crucial part of code development. Securing your backend is essential to protect sensitive data, comply with regulations and prevent unauthorized access. The backend often handles user authentication and authorization process. Securing these aspects properly ensures that only authorized users can access the application and perform specific actions. We will use the database application that we created in the previous chapter as a starting point.In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding Spring Security
  • Securing your backend with a JSON Web Token (JWT)
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Juha Hinkula

Juha Hinkula is a software development lecturer at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. He received an MSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki and he has over 17 years of industry experience in software development. Over the past few years, he has focused on modern full stack development. He is also a passionate mobile developer with Android-native technology, and also uses React Native.
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