What problem does it solve?
Django applications often suffer from insecure defaults and misconfigurations that expose authentication, authorization, data integrity, and deployment risks. This guide consolidates best practices to harden Django projects against common threats like CSRF, SQL injection, XSS, and insecure deployment.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Authentication & Authorization: Enforce robust user models, password hashing, and permission patterns (RBAC) to control access.
- Defense in Depth: CSRF protection, ORM-based SQL injection prevention, XSS mitigation, secure cookies, HSTS, and security headers.
- Deployment Readiness: Production-ready settings for SSL, secret management, and safe file handling across environments.
- Use Case: A Django app moving from development to production can adopt these baselines to reduce surface area for attacks.
Quick Start
Apply the Django security baselines to a new project by enabling CSRF, turning off DEBUG, and configuring secure cookies and production-ready headers.