> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://handbook.marsbased.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://handbook.marsbased.com/our-development-guides/security.md).

# Security guidelines

## Personal Security

Good security practices start on yourself and your own devices (laptop, mobile phone, etc.). Any device you use to do MarsBased work needs to be properly protected to minimize the chances of a bad actor accessing the device data.

* [Protect Yourself](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/protect_yourself.md)
* [Protect Your Devices](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/protect_your_devices.md)

## Web Application Security

It is crucial to keep the web applications we work on as secure as possible. Even the smallest vulnerability, if exploited in the right way, can be disastrous for a client. Therefore, applying good security practices to the web applications we develop for clients (and even internal applications for MarsBased) is of the utmost importance.

* [Web Application Security Features](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/web_application_security_features.md)
* [Common attack vectors](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/common_attack_vectors.md)
* [Admin panel protection](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/admin_panel_protection.md)
* [User accounts protection](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/user_accounts_protection.md)
* [Cookies best practices](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/cookies_best_practices.md)
* [Security related headers](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/security_related_headers.md)
* [Periodical Maintenance Tasks](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/periodical_maintenance_tasks.md)
* [Securing backups](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/securing_backups.md)

## MarsBased security

There are some cross-client aspects we need to take into account at company level to make sure we minimize the exposure of MarsBased or clients projects and data.

* [3rd Party Software Integrations](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/3rd_party_software_integrations.md)
* [Off-Boarding](https://github.com/MarsBased/handbook/blob/master/guides/security/off_boarding.md)


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