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Security Header

What is Security Header?

HTTP response headers that instruct browsers to enforce security policies, including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.

Information Security

Frameworks that govern security header

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →CIS Controls v8View framework →

What the standards actually require on security header

Requirements naming security header across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

OWASP API Security Top 10 - 20231 control

Address API8:2023 Security Misconfiguration + OWASP-API-PRG-01 Secure API Design and Threat Modelling per OWASP API Security Top 10 2023.

OWASPAPI-6 · Security Misconfiguration and Secure API Design →
OWASP ASVS1 control

Per OWASP ASVS V14: implement secure configuration. Requirements include (a) maintain hardened baseline configurations across application + middleware + runtime + container + cloud infrastructure + (b) implement configuration management with drift detection +...

OWASPASVS-14 · Configuration and Hardening (V14) →
OWASP Top 10:20251 control

Address OWASP Top 10 A05 Security Misconfiguration per OWASP Top 10:2025. Security Misconfiguration occurs across application + middleware + runtime + infrastructure including default credentials + unnecessary features enabled + verbose error messages + missin...

OWASPTOP10-5 · A05:2025 Security Misconfiguration →

Questions people ask about security header

What is Security Header?
HTTP response headers that instruct browsers to enforce security policies, including Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security.
Why is Security Header important for compliance?
Security Header is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding security header helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Security Header?
Security Header appears in the requirement text of OWASP API Security Top 10 - 2023, OWASP ASVS, OWASP Top 10:2025. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Security Header?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how security header applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.