🎯 Spring MVC Security Tutorial

This guide explores how to implement security in Spring MVC applications. Spring Security is a powerful framework that provides authentication, authorization, and protection against common vulnerabilities.

🔐 Core Concepts

  • Authentication: Validate user identity using forms, OAuth2, or JWT
    Authentication
  • Authorization: Control access to resources with role-based permissions
    Authorization
  • Filter Chain: Secure endpoints via custom filters and security configurations
    Filter_Chain
  • Security Configuration: Define security rules in SecurityConfig class
    Security_Configuration

🛡️ Implementation Steps

  1. Add Spring Security dependency to pom.xml
  2. Create SecurityConfig class with configure(HttpSecurity http)
  3. Enable method-level security via @EnableGlobalMethodSecurity
  4. Use @PreAuthorize for granular access control

🔐 Best Practices

  • Always use HTTPS for secure communication
  • Regularly update dependencies to patch vulnerabilities
  • Implement CSRF protection for web forms
  • Use Spring Security's built-in support for OAuth2 and OpenID Connect

🔗 For advanced security patterns, check our Spring MVC Advanced Security Guide.
Explore our Spring Security Cookbook for practical examples.

OAuth_2

Secure your API with OAuth2 tokens and JWT authentication.

For more technical details, refer to our Spring Framework Documentation.