I’v been a long time user of cbsecurity v1.x, a security rule engine for. validation incoming request. I think most people have written code for authenticating users and validation their request in some ways, and probably many of you have written and modified this code over and over again. Cbsecurity v1 has been around for a long time, but some people complained it was hard to understand and/or too complex. in the mean time other security modules such as cbauth and cbguard were released which were a bit more limited but easier to use. In februari Ortus released cbsecurity version 2 and in subsequent months more and more features were added, resulting in a product which covers a lot of your security needs.

In my opinion the usability of cbsecurity has increased a lot, but there are many options to choose from. In a series of blog posts I will try to show you what different possibilities you’ll have to use cbsecurity to your advantage.

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