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Provide a security best practices cheatsheet

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Issue type
Documentation
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Mostly clear
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Stale
Tech stack
graphql

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Start by reviewing the linked Security page and the GraphQL security and best practices page. Compare their advice, identify what belongs to generic server setup versus coding practices, and reorganize the material into a readable cheat sheet. Done means the guidance is clearly separated, structured for quick reference, and updated where needed.

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Our doc provide a Security page with a dump of best practices. That page is not very readable.

It probably would help to review that page with an eye towards updating the list. We should also aim to separate advice about generic server set up and coding best practices.

We could also aim to structure the list of steps as a "Cheat Sheet" that people can easily reference.

Also relevant is the grahql security and best practices doc

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