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SECURITY.md

πŸ” Security Policy (Advanced)

πŸ“Œ Supported Versions

Version Supported
1.x βœ… Yes
<1.0 ❌ No

🚨 Reporting a Vulnerability

Report privately:

Required Details:

  • Description
  • Reproduction steps
  • Impact
  • PoC

SLA:

  • Response: 48h
  • Critical triage: <24h

🧠 Threat Model (Explicit)

We assume attackers may attempt:

  • Credential stuffing
  • JWT theft / replay
  • SQL injection
  • XSS / CSRF
  • API abuse / scraping
  • Payment manipulation
  • Insider misuse

πŸ”‘ Authentication & Session Security

  • bcrypt (cost β‰₯ 12)
  • Access token TTL: 15 min
  • Refresh token rotation (one-time use)

Mandatory Controls:

  • Token binding (IP/device fingerprint)
  • Session invalidation on:
    • password change
    • logout
    • suspicious activity

Cookie Rules:

  • HttpOnly
  • Secure
  • SameSite=Strict

🧬 Advanced Authorization

  • RBAC + Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)

Examples:

  • A user can only access:

    • their own resources
    • resources matching ownership rules
  • Admin actions require:

    • re-authentication OR MFA

πŸ” Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Required for:

  • Admin accounts
  • Payment actions
  • Sensitive data access

Supported:

  • TOTP (Google Authenticator)
  • Email OTP (fallback)

🌐 Advanced Web Security

Headers (Strict)

  • Content-Security-Policy:
    • default-src 'self'
  • X-Frame-Options: DENY
  • HSTS enabled (max-age β‰₯ 1 year)

Input Security:

  • Schema validation (Zod)
  • Output encoding (prevent XSS)

⚑ Advanced Rate Limiting

Strategy:

  • IP-based + user-based + device-based

Examples:

  • Login:

    • 5 attempts / min
    • lockout after 10 failures
  • API:

    • burst + sustained limits

🧱 API Abuse Protection

  • Detect:
    • unusual request patterns
    • scraping behavior
  • Block:
    • TOR exit nodes (optional)
    • known malicious IPs

πŸ—„οΈ Data Protection

Encryption:

  • At rest: AES-256
  • In transit: TLS 1.2+

Sensitive Data:

  • Mask logs (never log tokens/passwords)
  • Encrypt:
    • emails
    • phone numbers (if critical)

πŸ’³ Payment Security (Strict)

  • Server-side verification ONLY
  • Webhook validation:
    • signature check REQUIRED
  • Idempotency keys enforced

Anti-Fraud:

  • Detect duplicate payments
  • Validate amount server-side

πŸ” Logging & Monitoring

Log:

  • Auth attempts
  • Failed logins
  • Token usage
  • Admin actions

MUST NOT log:

  • Passwords
  • Tokens
  • Secrets

🚨 Intrusion Detection

Trigger alerts for:

  • Multiple failed logins
  • Sudden traffic spikes
  • Token reuse anomalies

πŸ” Dependency & Supply Chain Security

Enforced:

  • Lockfile integrity
  • No unverified packages

CI Rules:

  • Fail build on:
    • critical vulnerabilities
    • outdated dependencies

πŸ§ͺ Security Testing (Mandatory)

  • SAST (static analysis)
  • DAST (runtime testing)
  • Fuzz testing for APIs

Example:

  • Test malformed JSON inputs
  • Test auth bypass attempts

🧨 Secrets Management

  • No secrets in code EVER

Production:

  • AWS Secrets Manager / Vault

Rules:

  • Rotate every 30–90 days
  • Separate per environment

πŸš€ Infrastructure Security

  • Use reverse proxy (NGINX / Cloudflare)
  • WAF enabled (Web Application Firewall)

Network:

  • Private DB subnet
  • No public DB access

🧠 Zero Trust Principles

  • Never trust:
    • client input
    • internal services

Enforced:

  • Service-to-service authentication
  • Internal API verification

🚨 Incident Response

Steps:

  1. Detect anomaly
  2. Contain (block IP / revoke tokens)
  3. Investigate logs
  4. Patch vulnerability
  5. Notify users
  6. Postmortem

βš–οΈ Safe Harbor

We support ethical security research.

Allowed:

  • Testing within scope

Not allowed:

  • Data destruction
  • Service disruption

πŸ”„ Backup & Recovery

  • Daily encrypted backups
  • Tested restore procedures

🧠 Security Principles

  • Least privilege
  • Defense in depth
  • Fail securely
  • Assume breach

βœ… Final Note

Security is enforced at:

  • Code level
  • API level
  • Infrastructure level
  • Operational level

There aren't any published security advisories