OpenProject handles project data, work packages, time entries, and attachments. Hardening should prioritize SSO, role boundaries, and operational patch management.
¶ 1) Enforce secure authentication and role model
- Integrate with SAML/OIDC where available and enforce MFA in the identity layer.
- Restrict admin rights to a minimal group and review project memberships periodically.
- Disable invitation and registration flows that are not needed.
- Rotate API keys and personal access tokens.
- Run OpenProject behind HTTPS only and enforce HSTS.
- Keep PostgreSQL and background job endpoints private.
- Restrict outbound integration endpoints by policy where possible.
- Apply login throttling and WAF/rate limits at reverse proxy.
¶ 3) Maintain secure operations
- Patch OpenProject and dependency stack on a regular schedule.
- Back up DB plus attachments and validate restore.
- Audit admin actions and permission changes regularly.
- Separate staging and production data to prevent accidental exposure.
- OpenProject installation and operation docs: https://www.openproject.org/docs/installation-and-operations/
- OpenProject source repository: https://github.com/opf/openproject
- OpenProject security policy: https://github.com/opf/openproject/security/policy
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