5 Security Layers Every Frontend Dev Needs

Short summary

AWS Developers presents a layered defense approach to frontend security, covering XSS prevention, authentication/authorization, secrets management, npm supply-chain security, and AWS WAF. The presenter demos real vulnerabilities in a React app and fixes each layer step-by-step using AWS Cognito and IAM. Practical guide for building secure React applications with defense-in-depth architecture.

• •Five-layer security model: XSS, auth, secrets, dependencies, WAF
• •Live demo of exploiting vulnerabilities in React app in 10 seconds
• •Step-by-step fixes using AWS Cognito, IAM, and WAF

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