diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/pom.xml
index e540d7bc01..5d77098869 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
         <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <spring.security.version>5.8.4</spring.security.version>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -49,6 +53,16 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.security.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.security.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -100,4 +114,4 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/httpsecurityvswebsecurity/HttpSecurityConfig.java b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/httpsecurityvswebsecurity/HttpSecurityConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6361255e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/httpsecurityvswebsecurity/HttpSecurityConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.baeldung.httpsecurityvswebsecurity;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableWebSecurity
+public class HttpSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+        // Given: HttpSecurity configured
+
+        http.authorizeRequests()
+          .antMatchers("/public/**").permitAll()
+          .antMatchers("/admin/**").hasRole("ADMIN")
+          .anyRequest().authenticated()
+          .and()
+          .formLogin()
+          .loginPage("/login")
+          .permitAll()
+          .and()
+          .logout()
+          .permitAll();
+
+        // When: Accessing specific URLs
+        // Then: Access is granted based on defined rules
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/httpsecurityvswebsecurity/WebSecurityConfig.java b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/httpsecurityvswebsecurity/WebSecurityConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46a82918aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/httpsecurityvswebsecurity/WebSecurityConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.baeldung.httpsecurityvswebsecurity;
+
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
+
+@Configuration
+public class WebSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private UserDetailsService userDetailsService;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void configure(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
+        auth
+          .userDetailsService(userDetailsService)
+          .passwordEncoder(new BCryptPasswordEncoder());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+        http.authorizeRequests()
+          .antMatchers("/")
+          .permitAll()
+          .anyRequest()
+          .authenticated()
+          .and()
+          .formLogin();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core/pom.xml
index 0eb70c0853..03d7030057 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-core/pom.xml
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>