diff --git a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.application.extension.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.application.extension.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 3a900cd914..823bf51d73 100644
--- a/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.application.extension.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/components/apimgt-extensions/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.application.extension.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,43 @@
         <filter-name>ApiPermissionFilter</filter-name>
         <filter-class>org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.application.extension.api.filter.ApiPermissionFilter</filter-class>
     </filter>
+
+    <filter>
+        <filter-name>HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-name>
+        <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>hstsEnabled</param-name>
+            <param-value>false</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+    </filter>
+
+    <filter>
+        <filter-name>ContentTypeBasedCachePreventionFilter</filter-name>
+        <filter-class>org.wso2.carbon.ui.filters.cache.ContentTypeBasedCachePreventionFilter</filter-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>patterns</param-name>
+            <param-value>text/html" ,application/json" ,text/plain</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>filterAction</param-name>
+            <param-value>enforce</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>httpHeaders</param-name>
+            <param-value>Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+    </filter>
+
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>ContentTypeBasedCachePreventionFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+
     <filter-mapping>
         <filter-name>ApiPermissionFilter</filter-name>
         <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 58aa02917c..6fd45f33b3 100644
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -52,4 +52,40 @@
 		<param-value>true</param-value>
 	</context-param>
 
+    <filter>
+        <filter-name>HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-name>
+        <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>hstsEnabled</param-name>
+            <param-value>false</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+    </filter>
+
+    <filter>
+        <filter-name>ContentTypeBasedCachePreventionFilter</filter-name>
+        <filter-class>org.wso2.carbon.ui.filters.cache.ContentTypeBasedCachePreventionFilter</filter-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>patterns</param-name>
+            <param-value>text/html" ,application/json" ,text/plain</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>filterAction</param-name>
+            <param-value>enforce</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>httpHeaders</param-name>
+            <param-value>Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+    </filter>
+
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>ContentTypeBasedCachePreventionFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+
 </web-app>
diff --git a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.cert.admin.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.cert.admin.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 1d59c04b17..ca08169c8c 100644
--- a/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.cert.admin.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/components/certificate-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.cert.admin.api/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
   ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
   ~ under the License.
   -->
-<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" version="2.5">
+<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
+         version="2.5">
     <display-name>Certificate-Webapp</display-name>
     <servlet>
         <description>JAX-WS/JAX-RS Certificate Management Endpoint</description>
@@ -52,10 +54,10 @@
         <param-name>managed-api-owner</param-name>
         <param-value>admin</param-value>
     </context-param>
-	<context-param>
-		<param-name>isSharedWithAllTenants</param-name>
-		<param-value>true</param-value>
-	</context-param>
+    <context-param>
+        <param-name>isSharedWithAllTenants</param-name>
+        <param-value>true</param-value>
+    </context-param>
 
     <security-constraint>
         <web-resource-collection>
@@ -71,6 +73,43 @@
         <filter-name>ApiOriginFilter</filter-name>
         <filter-class>org.wso2.carbon.certificate.mgt.cert.jaxrs.api.util.ApiOriginFilter</filter-class>
     </filter>
+
+    <filter>
+        <filter-name>HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-name>
+        <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>hstsEnabled</param-name>
+            <param-value>false</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+    </filter>
+
+    <filter>
+        <filter-name>ContentTypeBasedCachePreventionFilter</filter-name>
+        <filter-class>org.wso2.carbon.ui.filters.cache.ContentTypeBasedCachePreventionFilter</filter-class>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>patterns</param-name>
+            <param-value>text/html" ,application/json" ,text/plain</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>filterAction</param-name>
+            <param-value>enforce</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+        <init-param>
+            <param-name>httpHeaders</param-name>
+            <param-value>Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private</param-value>
+        </init-param>
+    </filter>
+
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>ContentTypeBasedCachePreventionFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+
     <filter-mapping>
         <filter-name>ApiOriginFilter</filter-name>
         <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
diff --git a/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/authenticator/BasicAuthAuthenticator.java b/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/authenticator/BasicAuthAuthenticator.java
index f384efe6f5..7de0e8c337 100644
--- a/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/authenticator/BasicAuthAuthenticator.java
+++ b/components/webapp-authenticator-framework/org.wso2.carbon.webapp.authenticator.framework/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/webapp/authenticator/framework/authenticator/BasicAuthAuthenticator.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class BasicAuthAuthenticator implements WebappAuthenticator {
 
     private boolean isAuthenticationSupported(Request request) {
         String param = request.getContext().findParameter("basicAuth");
-        return (param == null || !Boolean.parseBoolean(param));
+        return (param != null && Boolean.parseBoolean(param));
     }
 
 }