Client-Side Chaos: What Security Pros Must Know About Modern Front-Ends
Jayton Birch
SAINTCON 2025 · Day 1 · Main Track 3
In the rapidly evolving landscape of web development, the front end often presents a deceptive simplicity. Behind the user-friendly interfaces of buttons, colors, and images lies a complex and increasingly perilous attack surface, a reality explored by Jayton Birch in his SAINTCON talk, "Client-Side Chaos." Birch, a software engineer, addresses security professionals, aiming to demystify the intricacies of modern front-end technologies and their often-overlooked security implications. His primary goal is to equip security teams with a high-level understanding of emerging trends like **React Server Components** and **server-side rendering** so they can proactively secure their enterprises without needing to delve into the exhaustive technical minutiae front-end developers navigate daily.