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Security Best Practices for Your Node.js Application

Learn how to secure your Node.js application with best practices for validating user input, implementing authentication and authorization, keeping dependencies up-to-date, and monitoring your application for security issues.

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Security Best Practices for Your Node.js Application
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Introduction to Security in Node.js

When I first started working with Node.js, I thought security was just about following best practices like validating user input and using HTTPS. But as our team scaled to handle millions of requests per day, we encountered a myriad of security issues that weren't so straightforward. Here's what I learned when we had to tighten up our Node.js application's security.

Validate and Sanitize User Input

One of the most critical security practices is validating and sanitizing user input. I was surprised when our application was hit with a SQL injection attack because we hadn't properly sanitized user input. To prevent this, we use the joi library to validate user input and ensure it conforms to expected formats. For example:

const Joi = require('joi');
const schema = Joi.object().keys({
  username: Joi.string().alphanumeric().required(),
  password: Joi.string().

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