diff --git a/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
index 2e2d55626..91001ca05 100644
--- a/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ b/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.FailureAnalyzer=tech.cassandre.trading.bot.util.exception.ConfigurationFailureAnalyzer
 org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration=\
 org.royllo.explorer.core.configuration.DatabaseConfiguration,\
 org.royllo.explorer.core.configuration.ParametersConfiguration
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 87c4b323d..b792135d1 100644
--- a/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ royllo.explorer.content.base-url=https://content.royllo.org
 # ======================================================================================================================
 # Database access configuration.
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:cassandre-database;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:explorer-royllo-database
 spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=
 #
diff --git a/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/test/resources/application.properties b/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 6a010af5d..3b1d2f4a5 100644
--- a/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/explorer-core/autoconfigure/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # ======================================================================================================================
 # Database access configuration.
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:cassandre-database;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:explorer-royllo-database
 spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=
 #
diff --git a/backend/servers/explorer-api/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/servers/explorer-api/src/main/resources/application.properties
index bb824a0a7..6708717c1 100644
--- a/backend/servers/explorer-api/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/servers/explorer-api/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # ======================================================================================================================
 # Database access configuration.
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:cassandre-database;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:explorer-royllo-database
 spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=
 #
diff --git a/backend/servers/explorer-batch/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/servers/explorer-batch/src/main/resources/application.properties
index e1ee0aff9..59f6718ff 100644
--- a/backend/servers/explorer-batch/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/servers/explorer-batch/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # ======================================================================================================================
 # Database access configuration.
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:cassandre-database;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:explorer-royllo-database
 spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=
 #
diff --git a/backend/servers/explorer-web/pom.xml b/backend/servers/explorer-web/pom.xml
index bebc5a989..6f2335c56 100644
--- a/backend/servers/explorer-web/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/servers/explorer-web/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-session-jdbc</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
diff --git a/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/java/org/royllo/explorer/web/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java b/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/java/org/royllo/explorer/web/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java
index e8f1b74c2..036963d20 100644
--- a/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/java/org/royllo/explorer/web/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/java/org/royllo/explorer/web/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
     public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
+        // The primary purpose of the UserDetailsService is to load user-specific data.
+        // It is used by the AuthenticationManager to authenticate a user during the login process.
+        // When a username and password are submitted (e.g., via a login form), Spring Security's AuthenticationManager
+        // uses the UserDetailsService to load the user details.
         InMemoryUserDetailsManager manager = new InMemoryUserDetailsManager();
-        manager.createUser(User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
-                .username("user")
-                .password("password")
+        manager.createUser(User.withUsername("user")
+                .password("{bcrypt}$2a$10$dXJ3SW6G7P50lGmMkkmwe.20cQQubK3.HZWzG3YB1tlRy.fqvM/BG")
                 .roles("USER")
                 .build());
         return manager;
@@ -34,15 +37,16 @@ public UserDetailsService userDetailsService() {
 
     @Bean
     public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(final HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+        //  Each request that comes in passes through this chain of filters before reaching your application.
         http.csrf(AbstractHttpConfigurer::disable)
-                .authorizeHttpRequests((authorize) -> authorize
-                        .anyRequest().permitAll()
-                );
+                .cors(AbstractHttpConfigurer::disable)
+                // No authentication required for the public website.
+                .authorizeHttpRequests((authorize) -> authorize.anyRequest().permitAll());
         return http.build();
     }
 
     /**
-     * K1 manager.
+     * K1 manager. "k1" refers to a one-time, randomly generated key or token.
      *
      * @return k1 manager
      */
diff --git a/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties b/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
index acbdd4ef3..01ac2a0bc 100644
--- a/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
+++ b/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/resources/application-dev.properties
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ royllo.explorer.content.base-url=http://localhost:9093
 royllo.explorer.analytics.piwik.trackingId=
 #
 # ======================================================================================================================
+# Session configuration
+spring.session.store-type=jdbc
+spring.session.jdbc.initialize-schema=always
+#
+# ======================================================================================================================
 # Using Liquibase to import test data
 spring.liquibase.enabled=true
 spring.liquibase.change-log=db/dev/db.dev-data.yaml
@@ -16,4 +21,12 @@ spring.liquibase.change-log=db/dev/db.dev-data.yaml
 # ======================================================================================================================
 # Disable cache during local dev
 spring.thymeleaf.cache=false
-spring.web.resources.chain.cache=false
\ No newline at end of file
+spring.web.resources.chain.cache=false
+#
+# Enable SQL logging
+#spring.jpa.show-sql=true
+# Set logging level for Spring Session JDBC
+#logging.level.org.springframework.session.jdbc=DEBUG
+# If you want to see the SQL statements in the console
+#logging.level.org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate=DEBUG
+#logging.level.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
diff --git a/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 2fc4b846e..5f840be8f 100644
--- a/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ royllo.explorer.analytics.piwik.trackingId=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
 # ======================================================================================================================
 # Database access configuration.
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:cassandre-database;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:explorer-royllo-database
 spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=
 #
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ s3.bucket-name=royllo-explorer-s3-asset-bucket
 s3.endpoint-url=https://s3.amazonaws.com
 #
 # ======================================================================================================================
+# Session configuration
+spring.session.store-type=jdbc
+spring.session.jdbc.initialize-schema=always
+#
+# ======================================================================================================================
 # Cache configuration.
 spring.cache.type=caffeine
 #
diff --git a/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/test/resources/application.properties b/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/test/resources/application.properties
index 69abd4f62..4c519a5dc 100644
--- a/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/test/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/servers/explorer-web/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ royllo.explorer.analytics.piwik.trackingId=
 # ======================================================================================================================
 # Database access configuration.
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:cassandre-database;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:explorer-royllo-database
 spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=
 #