How we build SecureShield, and the security fundamentals behind it — written for people who run websites, not just people who secure them for a living.
Security basics
Sep 2026 6 min read
The 6 security headers we check on every scan (and what each one actually stops)
A plain-English walkthrough of Content-Security-Policy, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and the rest of SecureShield's security score — what each header defends against, and the exact snippet to add it on Vercel, Netlify, Render, nginx, or Apache.
Scanning from the outside vs. sitting in front of your traffic: why SecureShield offers both
Most tools pick one model. Here's why SecureShield defaults to scheduled outside-in scans, what you actually gain by opting into the reverse-proxy mode, and the honest tradeoffs — latency included.