Implement Session and Token Management Best Practices

Elevate your application's security by implementing shorter token lifetimes, refresh token rotation, and back-channel logout.

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About this course

Dive deep into the practical application of advanced security measures to combat session and token hijacking. This module focuses on implementing shorter token lifetimes and refresh token rotation to balance security with a smooth user experience. You'll also learn to manage sessions and leverage back-channel logout to enable a near real-time, global logout, ensuring your application is resilient against unauthorized access.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Determine the length of an access token’s lifetime based on use cases.
  • Recognize the benefits and tradeoffs of a shorter access token lifetime. 
  • Define the role of refresh tokens.
  • Explain how refresh token rotation enhances security.
  • Identify use cases for using back-channel logout.
  • Implement best practices for session management in Auth0.

About this course

Dive deep into the practical application of advanced security measures to combat session and token hijacking. This module focuses on implementing shorter token lifetimes and refresh token rotation to balance security with a smooth user experience. You'll also learn to manage sessions and leverage back-channel logout to enable a near real-time, global logout, ensuring your application is resilient against unauthorized access.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Determine the length of an access token’s lifetime based on use cases.
  • Recognize the benefits and tradeoffs of a shorter access token lifetime. 
  • Define the role of refresh tokens.
  • Explain how refresh token rotation enhances security.
  • Identify use cases for using back-channel logout.
  • Implement best practices for session management in Auth0.