To configure Spring Security in a web application, we need to add the following Maven dependencies to our Project Object Model (POM) file:
<!-- spring security -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
<version>${spring.framework.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
<version>${spring.framework.version}</version>
</dependency>