[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":384},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-is-safe/netlify":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":364,"date":365,"dateModified":365,"description":366,"draft":367,"extension":368,"faq":369,"featured":367,"headerVariant":370,"image":369,"keywords":369,"meta":371,"navigation":372,"ogDescription":373,"ogTitle":369,"path":374,"readTime":375,"schemaOrg":376,"schemaType":377,"seo":378,"sitemap":379,"stem":380,"tags":381,"twitterCard":382,"__hash__":383},"blog/blog/is-safe/netlify.md","Is Netlify Safe? Security Analysis",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":349},"minimark",[9,16,21,24,28,70,74,84,89,145,154,158,161,187,191,194,208,212,273,295,299,302,323,337],[10,11,12],"tldr",{},[13,14,15],"p",{},"Netlify is a secure deployment platform with excellent defaults. It provides automatic HTTPS, encrypted environment variables, and isolated serverless functions. Their deploy preview system includes protection options. 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It's SOC 2 certified with automatic HTTPS, encrypted secrets, and built-in DDoS protection. Many companies trust it for their production sites.",[277,284,286],{"question":285},"Are my environment variables secure?",[13,287,288],{},"Yes, they're encrypted at rest and only available during builds and function execution. They're not exposed to client-side JavaScript unless you explicitly include them in your build output.",[277,290,292],{"question":291},"How do I protect deploy previews?",[13,293,294],{},"Enable password protection or use Netlify Identity to require authentication. You can also scope sensitive environment variables to production only, so previews use different (test) credentials.",[17,296,298],{"id":297},"further-reading","Further Reading",[13,300,301],{},"Ready to secure your setup? 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