[[mvc-web-security]]
= Web Security
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[.small]#xref:web/webflux/security.adoc[See equivalent in the Reactive stack]#

The {spring-site-projects}/spring-security[Spring Security] project provides support
for protecting web applications from malicious exploits. See the Spring Security
reference documentation, including:

* {docs-spring-security}/servlet/integrations/mvc.html[Spring MVC Security]
* {docs-spring-security}/servlet/test/mockmvc/setup.html[Spring MVC Test Support]
* {docs-spring-security}/features/exploits/csrf.html#csrf-protection[CSRF protection]
* {docs-spring-security}/features/exploits/headers.html[Security Response Headers]

https://github.com/hdiv/hdiv[HDIV] is another web security framework that integrates with Spring MVC.
