diff --git a/backend/settings/base.py b/backend/settings/base.py
index 35cb80ddda..1f1c4c5b3b 100644
--- a/backend/settings/base.py
+++ b/backend/settings/base.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ class Base(Configuration):
     MIDDLEWARE = [
         "corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware",
         "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+        "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
         "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
         "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
         "apps.common.middlewares.csrf_referer_fallback.CsrfRefererFallbackMiddleware",
@@ -241,6 +242,14 @@ class Base(Configuration):
     SLACK_EVENTS_ENABLED = True
     SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET = values.SecretValue()
 
+    SELF_CONSTANT = "'self'"
     SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = True
     SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
     SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = False
+    X_FRAME_OPTIONS = "DENY"
+    SECURE_REFERRER_POLICY = "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
+
+    # HSTS Settings (Strict-Transport-Security)
+    SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 31536000  # 1 year
+    SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = True
+    SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD = False
diff --git a/backend/settings/local.py b/backend/settings/local.py
index 914fcbecb3..d83e2145a1 100644
--- a/backend/settings/local.py
+++ b/backend/settings/local.py
@@ -32,3 +32,7 @@ class Local(Base):
 
     SLACK_COMMANDS_ENABLED = True
     SLACK_EVENTS_ENABLED = True
+
+    # HSTS Overrides for local development
+    SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 0
+    SECURE_HSTS_PRELOAD = False
diff --git a/frontend/next.config.ts b/frontend/next.config.ts
index 94eb3a2bd0..1bbc47ccd8 100644
--- a/frontend/next.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/next.config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 import { withSentryConfig } from '@sentry/nextjs'
 import type { NextConfig } from 'next'
 
@@ -6,6 +7,36 @@ const isLocal = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENVIRONMENT === 'local'
 
 const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
   devIndicators: false,
+  async headers() {
+    return [
+      {
+        source: '/(.*)',
+        headers: [
+          { key: 'X-Frame-Options', value: 'DENY' },
+          { key: 'X-Content-Type-Options', value: 'nosniff' },
+          { key: 'Referrer-Policy', value: 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin' },
+          ...(isLocal ? [] : [
+            {
+              key: 'Strict-Transport-Security',
+              value: 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload'
+            },
+            {
+              key: 'Content-Security-Policy',
+              value: [
+                "default-src 'self'",
+                "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'", 
+                "style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
+                "img-src 'self' data: https:",
+                // Removed the jogruber.de API host below
+                "connect-src 'self' https://*.ingest.sentry.io https://us.i.posthog.com"
+              ].join('; '),
+            }
+          ]),
+          { key: 'Permissions-Policy', value: 'camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()' },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]
+  },
   images: {
     // This is a list of remote patterns that Next.js will use to determine
     // if an image is allowed to be loaded from a remote source.