Summary

This chapter has provided a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of information security and how to secure a Flask web application using authentication and authorization. You learned about the best practices and were provided with use cases for implementing authentication and authorization in a Flask application. We also discussed different types of authentication methods and access control methods.

You explored how to manage user sessions and implement password-protected dashboards. Additionally, this chapter has shown you how to use flash messages to provide feedback to users of web applications. You are expected to have garnered a solid understanding of how to secure a Flask application and be able to implement authentication and authorization in your projects.

In the next chapter, we will discuss how to handle errors in Flask web applications with React handling the frontend part of it. We will delve into in-built Flask debugging capabilities and learn how to...