HTTP Security Headers
HTTP response headers that instruct browsers how to safely handle your site's content and protect user sessions against common web attacks.
What Security Headers is
HTTP security headers are instructions your web server sends to a browser along with a page. They tell the browser how to handle content, restrict what can be loaded, and protect authenticated sessions.
Common examples include Content-Security-Policy (which limits where content can load from), X-Frame-Options or frame-ancestors (which prevents your site from being embedded by others), and X-Content-Type-Options (which stops browsers from guessing file types).
These headers are a straightforward hardening layer. Their absence doesn't always mean an immediate problem, but it leaves visitors and sessions less protected than they could be.
Why Security Headers matters for your firm
Security headers defend against a class of attacks that target the browser and the user's session — the kind of attacks that can affect a client interacting with your portal.
They're typically inexpensive to deploy but are frequently overlooked, especially on older sites or third-party-hosted pages.
Reviewing them is a sensible part of understanding how your public-facing application is configured.
What we look at
- Content-Security-Policy and whether it constrains untrusted sources.
- X-Frame-Options or frame-ancestors controls against clickjacking.
- X-Content-Type-Options and referrer policy configuration.
- Permissions-Policy for browser features such as camera, microphone, and geolocation.
This review uses publicly available information and does not log into private systems or access private client records. Any deeper testing that requires authorization only takes place after you authorize it and the scope is agreed upon.
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