This series is going to be more detailed than my usual posts. Often, I see senior developers and tech leads blindly appriasing and casting faith on frameworks, assuming they make applications bulletproof by default. To be honest, most modern frameworks do promote secure coding practices and actively help mitigate common vulnerabilities. But relying solely and blindly on them is a dangerous assumption, especially for public-facing web applications.
There are already excellent articles out there that focus on secure development practices — but most of them come purely from a developer's point of view. Unless you've had exposure to cybersecurity or learned how to “think like a hacker,” you’re likely missing entire classes of potential threats.
My goal with this series is to shift your mindset. I want you to ask: “ What if the attacker is already inside? ” From there, we’ll explore the practical ways I secure applications during development, deployment, and post-release.