Security checklist for AI-generated applications

AI can accelerate shipping, but it also accelerates mistakes. Use this focused checklist to harden authentication, RBAC, and payments before cloud deployment with Slashdev Cloud or any production target.

Identity and authentication

Adopt OAuth2/OIDC with short-lived access tokens and rotating refresh tokens; block refresh reuse on rotation.
Require MFA for admins and finance roles; enforce WebAuthn where possible.
Store passwords with Argon2id, unique salts, and memory-hard parameters tuned per environment.
Set session idle and absolute timeouts; bind sessions to user agent and IP risk scores.
Rate-limit login, signup, and password reset; challenge with captcha after anomalies.
Centralize secrets in Slashdev Cloud's vault; rotate provider keys on a fixed schedule.

Authorization and RBAC

Default-deny on every API; never trust client role claims without server-side verification.
Model roles and granular permissions explicitly; store them in a migration-controlled table.
Enforce tenant isolation with row-level security; include tenant_id in every primary key.
Use policy-as-code (e.g., OPA) for complex rules; unit test allow/deny matrices.
Add an "assume role" audit trail for support staff with automatic expiry.
Validate authorization at the gateway; Slashdev Cloud policies can block cross-tenant requests.

Payments and webhooks

Keep PCI scope minimal: client handles card entry; server processes tokens only.
Verify webhook signatures and timestamps; reject replays with idempotency keys.
Treat amounts as integers (minor units); forbid currency changes post-creation.
Restrict refunds to privileged roles; require two-person approval for large amounts.
Log payment metadata, never PAN or CVV; redact PII in error traces.

AI-generated code review

Scan for insecure defaults: wildcard CORS, broad S3 ACLs, debug endpoints.
Pin dependencies; generate an SBOM and run SCA on every build.
Add SAST and DAST gates; block deploys on high-severity findings.
Ban inline secrets; validate that sample keys from snippets are not present.

Deployment guardrails

Use ephemeral preview environments; promote with audited change requests.
Enable WAF, rate limiting, and bot protection during cloud deployment with Slashdev Cloud.
Enforce CSP, HTTPS, HSTS, and secure cookies; preempt XSS in components from a Tailwind UI generator.
Provide least-privilege service accounts and per-tenant namespaces.

Agency prototyping without regrets

If you use agency tools for rapid prototyping, freeze a vetted component library, run security linters in scaffolds, and ship with feature flags disabled by default. Treat generated code as untrusted until it passes the same suites as hand-written modules.

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Verification playbook

Tabletop breach scenarios quarterly; practice key rotation and incident comms.
Continuously fuzz auth and payment endpoints; monitor anomalies with structured logs.
Prove compliance with test artifacts, not slideware; automate the evidence pipeline.

Security is a habit. Start with this checklist, encode it in CI, and let Slashdev Cloud enforce the guardrails every deploy. Ship fast, but verify faster with automated, reproducible security baselines today.