Tutorial: Security Audit

Run a comprehensive security audit using Bootspring's security workflow.

What You'll Learn#

• Using the security-audit workflow
• Dependency vulnerability scanning
• Code security analysis
• Configuration review
• Remediation strategies

Prerequisites#

• Existing application codebase
• Bootspring initialized
• Git repository

Time Required#

Approximately 30 minutes.

Step 1: Start the Security Audit Workflow#

The workflow has 4 phases:

1. Scan - Automated security scanning
2. Analyze - Risk assessment
3. Report - Document findings
4. Remediate - Fix issues

Step 2: Scan Phase#

Dependency Scanning#

The workflow first scans dependencies for known vulnerabilities.

Ask the security-expert:

Manual npm audit:

Static Code Analysis#

Install and run security linters:

Secrets Detection#

Check for exposed secrets:

Configuration Review#

Check security configurations:

Step 3: Analyze Phase#

Risk Assessment#

Categorize findings by severity:

Common Vulnerabilities to Check#

Ask the security-expert:

1. Injection Attacks#

2. Broken Authentication#

3. Sensitive Data Exposure#

4. Security Headers#

5. Rate Limiting#

Step 4: Report Phase#

Generate Security Report#

Report Structure#

Step 5: Remediate Phase#

Fix Critical Issues First#

SQL Injection Fix:

Implement Rate Limiting#

Add Security Headers#

Apply the security headers configuration from Step 3.

Update Dependencies#

Step 6: Verify Fixes#

Re-run Scans#

Run Quality Gate#

Security Checklist#

• All critical issues fixed
• All high issues fixed or tracked
• Security headers configured
• Rate limiting implemented
• Dependency vulnerabilities resolved
• Secrets not exposed
• Error handling sanitized

Step 7: Ongoing Security#

Set Up Automated Scanning#

Schedule Regular Audits#

• Monthly dependency reviews
• Quarterly security audits
• Annual penetration testing

Verification Checklist#

• Workflow completed all phases
• Report generated and reviewed
• Critical/high issues remediated
• Automated scanning configured
• Team trained on security practices

What You Learned#

• Running security audit workflows
• Common vulnerability patterns
• Security header configuration
• Remediation strategies
• Ongoing security practices

Next Steps#

• Set up monitoring
• Implement RBAC
• SOC 2 compliance