diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f84fd6a..8b8470e0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1) # for "CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD" version
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake") # custom CMake modules like FindSQLiteCpp
 project(SQLiteCpp VERSION 3.1.1)
+include(Hardening)
 
 # SQLiteC++ 3.x requires C++11 features
 if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
@@ -203,16 +204,11 @@ if (SQLITE_USE_LEGACY_STRUCT)
     target_compile_definitions(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLITE_USE_LEGACY_STRUCT)
 endif (SQLITE_USE_LEGACY_STRUCT)
 
-if (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
-    set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")
-endif (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
+harden(SQLiteCpp)
 
 option(SQLITECPP_USE_ASAN "Use Address Sanitizer." OFF)
 if (SQLITECPP_USE_ASAN)
     if ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 6) OR ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang"))
-        message (STATUS "Using Address Sanitizer")
-        set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
-        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fsanitize=address")
         if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
             set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold")
         endif ()
@@ -375,6 +371,7 @@ option(SQLITECPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples." OFF)
 if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     # add the basic example executable
     add_executable(SQLiteCpp_example1 ${SQLITECPP_EXAMPLES})
+    harden(SQLiteCpp_example1)
     target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_example1 SQLiteCpp)
     target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp_example1 PRIVATE
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
@@ -390,6 +387,7 @@ option(SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS "Build and run tests." OFF)
 if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS)
     # add the unit test executable
     add_executable(SQLiteCpp_tests ${SQLITECPP_TESTS})
+    harden(SQLiteCpp_tests)
     target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests SQLiteCpp)
     target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp_tests PRIVATE
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
diff --git a/cmake/Hardening.cmake b/cmake/Hardening.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52ea37db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Hardening.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+#This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
+#Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
+#In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.
+#THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#For more information, please refer to <https://unlicense.org/>
+
+include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+
+function(determineSupportedHardeningFlags property)
+	set(FLAGS_HARDENING "")
+	foreach(flag ${ARGN})
+		unset(var_name)
+		string(REPLACE "=" "_eq_" var_name ${flag})
+		string(REPLACE "," "_comma_" var_name ${var_name})
+		set(var_name "SUPPORTS_HARDENING_${property}_${var_name}")
+		check_cxx_compiler_flag(${flag} ${var_name})#since linker flags and other flags are in the form of compiler flags
+		if(${${var_name}})
+			list(APPEND FLAGS_HARDENING "${flag}")
+		endif()
+	endforeach(flag)
+	list(JOIN FLAGS_HARDENING " " FLAGS_HARDENING)
+	#message(STATUS "FLAGS_HARDENING ${FLAGS_HARDENING}")
+	set(HARDENING_${property} "${FLAGS_HARDENING}" CACHE STRING "Hardening flags")
+endfunction(determineSupportedHardeningFlags)
+
+function(processFlagsList target property)
+	get_target_property(FLAGS_UNHARDENED ${target} ${property})
+	if(FLAGS_UNHARDENED MATCHES "FLAGS_UNHARDENED-NOTFOUND")
+		set(FLAGS_UNHARDENED "")
+	endif()
+	#message(STATUS "processFlagsList ${target} ${property} ${FLAGS_UNHARDENED}")
+	#message(STATUS "HARDENING_${property} ${HARDENING_${property}}")
+	if(HARDENING_${property})
+	else()
+		determineSupportedHardeningFlags(${property} ${ARGN})
+	endif()
+	
+	set(FLAGS_HARDENED ${FLAGS_UNHARDENED})
+	list(APPEND FLAGS_HARDENED ${HARDENING_${property}})
+	list(JOIN FLAGS_HARDENED " " FLAGS_HARDENED)
+	#message(STATUS "${target} PROPERTIES ${property} ${FLAGS_HARDENED}")
+	set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES ${property} "${FLAGS_HARDENED}")
+endfunction(processFlagsList)
+
+function(setupPIC target)
+	set_property(TARGET ${target} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON) # FUCK, doesn't work
+	if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
+		get_target_property(type ${target} TYPE)
+		if(type STREQUAL "EXECUTABLE")
+			list(APPEND HARDENING_COMPILER_FLAGS
+				"-fPIE"
+			)
+		else()
+			list(APPEND HARDENING_COMPILER_FLAGS
+				"-fPIC"
+			)
+		endif()
+		list(APPEND HARDENING_LINKER_FLAGS
+			"-pie"
+		)
+	elseif(MSVC)
+		list(APPEND HARDENING_COMPILER_FLAGS
+			"/dynamicbase" "/HIGHENTROPYVA"
+		)
+	else()
+		message(ERROR "The compiler is not supported")
+	endif()
+endfunction(setupPIC)
+
+function(harden target)
+	setupPIC("${target}")
+	if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
+		list(APPEND HARDENING_COMPILER_FLAGS
+			"-Wall" "-Wextra" "-Wconversion" "-Wformat" "-Wformat-security" "-Werror=format-security"
+			"-fno-strict-aliasing" "-fno-common"
+			#"-fstack-check"
+			#"-fcf-protection=full" # conflicts to "-mindirect-branch"
+			"-fcf-runtime-abi=full"
+			
+			"-fstack-clash-protection"
+			"-mcet"
+			"-fsanitize=cfi"
+			"-fsanitize=cfi-cast-strict"
+			"-fsanitize=cfi-derived-cast"
+			"-fsanitize=cfi-unrelated-cast"
+			"-fsanitize=cfi-nvcall"
+			"-fsanitize=cfi-vcall"
+			"-fsanitize=cfi-icall"
+			"-fsanitize=cfi-mfcall"
+			
+			# CLang-ish flags
+			"-mretpoline"
+			"-mspeculative-load-hardening"
+			
+			
+			#"-fsanitize=safe-stack;compiler-rt" # https://clang.llvm.org/docs/SafeStack.html
+			"-fsanitize=address" # https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AddressSanitizer.html
+			
+			# TODO implement compiler flag dependence on libs linking
+			#"-fsanitize=undefined;ubsan" # https://clang.llvm.org/docs/UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer.html , gcc also has it, but in order to use this lib one has to link it explicitly by its location (-L/usr/lib/llvm-11/lib/clang/11.0.0/lib/linux/ -l:libclang_rt.ubsan_standalone-x86_64.so)
+			
+			#"-fsanitize=thread" # https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ThreadSanitizer.html , 15x slowdown and 10x memory overhead
+			#"-fsanitize=memory" # https://clang.llvm.org/docs/MemorySanitizer.html 3x slowdown
+			#"-fsanitize=dataflow" # https://clang.llvm.org/docs/DataFlowSanitizer.html, taint analysis, requires explicit annotation of code
+			
+			#"-fvtable-verify=std;vtv" # the lib is not present in packages for Ubuntu, even in in nightly ones
+			
+			# this conflicts with gcc which now has -fcf-protection=full hardcoded
+			"-fcf-protection=none -mindirect-branch"
+			"-fcf-protection=none -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern"
+			"-fcf-protection=none -mindirect-branch=thunk-inline"
+			"-fcf-protection=none -mindirect-return"
+			"-fcf-protection=none -mindirect-branch-register"
+			"-fcf-protection=none -mindirect-branch-loop"
+			
+			"-x86-speculative-load-hardening"
+			"-mno-indirect-branch-register"
+		)
+		
+		# some flags are bugged in GCC
+		if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
+		else()
+			list(APPEND HARDENING_COMPILER_FLAGS
+				"-ftrapv" # https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35412
+			)
+		endif()
+		
+		# GCC 9 has removed these flags
+		if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU" AND (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 9 AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 10))
+			message(STATUS "GCC 9 removes some hardening flags but doesn't fail if they are present, instead shows deprecation message. In order to not to put garbage into warnings we don't insert them. See the code of Harden.cmake for the details.")
+		else()
+			list(APPEND HARDENING_COMPILER_FLAGS
+				"-mmitigate-rop" 
+				"-fcheck-pointer-bounds"
+				"-fchkp-treat-zero-size-reloc-as-infinite"
+				"-fchkp-first-field-has-own-bounds"
+				"-fchkp-narrow-bounds"
+				"-fchkp-narrow-to-innermost-array"
+				"-fchkp-optimize"
+				"-fchkp-use-fast-string-functions"
+				"-fchkp-use-nochk-string-functions"
+				"-fchkp-use-static-const-bounds"
+			)
+		endif()
+		
+		list(APPEND HARDENING_LINKER_FLAGS
+			"-Wl,-O1"
+			"-Wl,--sort-common"
+			"-Wl,--as-needed"
+			"-Wl,-flto"
+		)
+		if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
+			list(APPEND HARDENING_LINKER_FLAGS
+				"-Wl,--export-all-symbols"
+				"-Wl,--nxcompat"
+				"-Wl,--dynamicbase"
+			)
+			if(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
+				list(APPEND HARDENING_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--image-base,0x140000000")
+			endif()
+		elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux") # other using ELF too?
+			list(APPEND HARDENING_COMPILER_FLAGS
+				# on MinGW hello world works, but more complex things just exit without any output or crash in the middle of execution
+				"-fstack-protector"
+				"-fstack-protector-strong"
+			)
+			list(APPEND HARDENING_LINKER_FLAGS
+				# not present in MinGW
+				"-Wl,-z,relro"
+				"-Wl,-z,now"
+				#"-Wl,-z,ibtplt" missing in gold
+				"-Wl,-z,ibt"
+				"-Wl,-z,shstk"
+			)
+		endif()
+		list(APPEND HARDENING_MACRODEFS
+			"-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
+			"-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS"
+		)
+	elseif(MSVC)
+		set(HARDENING_COMPILER_FLAGS "/sdl" "/GS" "/SafeSEH" "/guard:cf" "/HIGHENTROPYVA")
+		set(HARDENING_LINKER_FLAGS "/guard:cf")
+	else()
+		message(ERROR "The compiler is not supported")
+	endif()
+
+	processFlagsList(${target} COMPILE_FLAGS ${HARDENING_COMPILER_FLAGS})
+	processFlagsList(${target} LINK_FLAGS ${HARDENING_LINKER_FLAGS})
+	
+	set(HARDENING_MACRODEFS "${HARDENING_MACRODEFS}" CACHE STRING "Hardening flags CMake list (not string!)")
+	target_compile_definitions(${target} PRIVATE ${HARDENING_MACRODEFS})
+endfunction(harden)
diff --git a/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt b/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ee9df30..a54619c2 100644
--- a/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ add_library(sqlite3
  sqlite3.c
  sqlite3.h
 )
+harden(sqlite3)
 
 target_include_directories(sqlite3
   PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>