diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
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+RewriteEngine On
+RewriteBase /
+
+# Handle React Router SPA routing
+RewriteRule ^index\.html$ - [L]
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+RewriteRule . /index.html [L]
+
+# Security headers
+<IfModule mod_headers.c>
+    Header always set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
+    Header always set X-Frame-Options DENY
+    Header always set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
+    Header always set Referrer-Policy "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"
+    Header always set Permissions-Policy "camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()"
+</IfModule>
+
+# Enable compression
+<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
+</IfModule>
+
+# Cache static assets
+<IfModule mod_expires.c>
+    ExpiresActive on
+    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType font/woff "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType font/woff2 "access plus 1 year"
+</IfModule>
+
+# Prevent access to sensitive files
+<Files ".env*">
+    Order Allow,Deny
+    Deny from all
+</Files>
+
+<Files "*.log">
+    Order Allow,Deny
+    Deny from all
+</Files>