NGINX for Professionals: Security & Compliance Handbook

By: Gómez Fernández, Oscar

A security audit finding rarely looks like an incident. It's a line item in a spreadsheet, a control marked "not effective," a remediation deadline three weeks out - and it very often traces back to NGINX configured for functionality first, with security bolted on afterward.

NGINX for Professionals: Security & Compliance Handbook treats security and compliance as the primary subject, not an afterthought chapter. Across 20 chapters, it moves from threat modeling and platform hardening through transport security, application-layer defense, identity and authorization, and - uniquely - a direct, practitioner-level mapping from PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, and GDPR requirements to actual, defensible NGINX configuration.

Inside you'll find: A clear-eyed threat model: what NGINX can and cannot actually defend againstFull TLS hardening for security reviews, not just compatibility checklistsMutual TLS and zero-trust architecture, including certificate lifecycle management at scaleA complete ModSecurity and OWASP Core Rule Set deployment walkthrough, from detection-only to production blockingBot management, rate limiting as a genuine security control, and API-specific attack surfacesDirect compliance mapping tables for PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, and GDPR - built for real audit preparation, not vague generalitiesIncident response runbook templates and a full DDoS mitigation chapterWritten for security engineers inheriting an NGINX estate they didn't design, platform engineers implementing controls a security team specifies, and engineering leads preparing for a real compliance audit. Includes a full appendix of ready-to-fill incident response runbook templates.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HC7ZVYQ4
• ISBN13: 9798189912177
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"