In Development

Secure PDF / Document Management Application

A secure document management application currently in development, applying secure software development principles including authentication, access control and secure file handling.

Next.jsReactTypeScriptTailwind CSSGitHub

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Project Overview

Problem: Organisations and individuals need a secure way to store, manage and share documents while maintaining access control and protecting sensitive files.

Why I built it: I am building this project to apply secure software development, authentication and access control in a practical document management context while strengthening my cyber security and cloud development skills.

Intended for: My own learning and portfolio development, with a focus on secure file handling practices relevant to IT support and security-conscious software development.

Key Features

Secure file handling

Focused on safe document storage and handling workflows as the core application purpose.

Authentication

Planned user authentication to control access to documents and application features.

Access control

Applies least-privilege and permissions-based access to document resources.

Secure development practices

Built with information security, risk awareness and secure coding principles in mind.

Technologies

Next.js

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

GitHub

Screenshots

Application home — replace with /images/projects/document-management/home.png

Document upload view — replace with /images/projects/document-management/upload.png

Access control settings — replace with /images/projects/document-management/access-control.png

Technical Challenges

Applying security principles during active development

Challenge: The project is being built while learning how to implement authentication, access control and secure file handling correctly.
Solution: Following secure software development practices from the outset, including least privilege and clear access boundaries for document operations.
What I learned: Security decisions are easier to maintain when they are designed into the application early rather than added later.

Future Improvements

User accounts and authentication
Role-based access control for documents
PDF reporting and export
Audit logging for document access
Cloud deployment with secure configuration

GitHub

GitHub repository coming soon. This project is currently in development.