Security Best Practices for Micro Frontends
Security is no less important as we are getting into saving Micro Frontends, regardless of the fact that we are in a field of mobile and/or isolated apps and environments. Several security best practices should be followed:
- Isolation:
- Ensure strong isolation between micro frontends to prevent one compromised component from affecting others.
- Use web sandboxing techniques like iframes or web components to encapsulate each micro frontend.
- Authentication and Authorization:
- Implement secure authentication mechanisms to verify user identities before accessing sensitive data or functionalities.
- Enforce proper authorization checks to ensure that users only have access to resources they are authorized to use.
- Secure Communication:
- Encrypt data transmission between micro frontends and backend services using HTTPS to prevent eavesdropping and data tampering.
- Employ techniques like JSON Web Tokens (JWT) or OAuth for secure authentication and authorization between micro frontends and backend APIs.
- Input Validation and Sanitization:
- Validate and sanitize all user inputs to prevent injection attacks like XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) and SQL injection.
- Use libraries and frameworks with built-in input validation features to ensure data integrity and mitigate security risks.
What are Micro Frontends?
Among the more widely accepted frameworks at the moment, there is a concept known to be a Micro Frontend. The technique extracts the ideas from microservice architecture in the backend portion and implements them in the front end by breaking down the irrelevant large frontend applications into more manageable self-sufficient components.
Important Topics for Micro Frontends
- What are Micro Frontends?
- Fundamentals of Micro Frontends
- When should you use Micro Frontends?
- Architectural Patterns of Micro Frontends
- Communication between Micro Frontends
- Integration of Micro Frontends with Backend Services
- Development Approaches for Micro Frontends
- Scalability and Performance Considerations for Micro Frontends
- Testing Strategies for Micro Frontends
- Security Best Practices for Micro Frontends
- Deployment and Continuous Delivery
- Monitoring and Observability
- Challenges and Solutions
- Case studies of Micro Frontends
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