Access Controls
You can also add access controls to control who can install, publish, and modify npm packages. Some ways to implement access controls are:
- Restrictions: You can add restriction in user account management on your development machines or package managers such that only selected members who have permission can use npm install, npm publish, or other npm commands.
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): You can add MFA to you npm account to add extra layers of security by requiring a other verification factor along with username and password.
- Private Packages: You can create private packages for personal, team or for a whole organization and these packages can be used by developers who are having read/write access.
- Permission Management Tools: You can also permission management tools such as Verdaccio. These tools allows users or organization to control access to to private NPM packages through configuration files.
How to Fix Security Vulnerabilities with NPM ?
Node Package Manager(npm) is a package manager provided by NodeJS which is a JavaScript runtime environment. Using npm you can add packages to your project. When you install any package you get the count of security vulnerabilities, this vulnerabilities are exposed weaknesses that can be a security threat by attackers.
We will discuss How to Fix Security Vulnerabilities with NPM:
Table of Content
- Getting an audit
- Inspecting and fixing the vulnerabilities
- Common Types of Issues
- Best Practices for Management
- Automated Tools for Detection
- Updating and Patching
- Access Controls
- Monitoring Advisories