diff --git a/api-payroll/composer.json b/api-payroll/composer.json
index 5ed5d2e..86aff1a 100644
--- a/api-payroll/composer.json
+++ b/api-payroll/composer.json
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
             "Tests\\": "tests/"
         }
     },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "App\\Service\\": "src/service",
+            "App\\Application\\": "src/application"
+        }
+    },
     "config": {
         "process-timeout" : 0
     },
diff --git a/api-payroll/composer.lock b/api-payroll/composer.lock
index 87831fe..6a094c8 100644
--- a/api-payroll/composer.lock
+++ b/api-payroll/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "hash": "bea55e49da1d79bf5a4874824904525d",
+    "hash": "9f4397e11cb2603e7754216c4f59c7ad",
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     "packages": [
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         {
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-            "version": "1.7.6",
+            "version": "1.8.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/phpspec/prophecy.git",
-                "reference": "33a7e3c4fda54e912ff6338c48823bd5c0f0b712"
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             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpspec/prophecy/zipball/33a7e3c4fda54e912ff6338c48823bd5c0f0b712",
-                "reference": "33a7e3c4fda54e912ff6338c48823bd5c0f0b712",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpspec/prophecy/zipball/4ba436b55987b4bf311cb7c6ba82aa528aac0a06",
+                "reference": "4ba436b55987b4bf311cb7c6ba82aa528aac0a06",
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             },
             "require": {
@@ -754,12 +754,12 @@
             },
             "require-dev": {
                 "phpspec/phpspec": "^2.5|^3.2",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.35 || ^5.7 || ^6.5"
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.35 || ^5.7 || ^6.5 || ^7.1"
             },
             "type": "library",
             "extra": {
                 "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-master": "1.7.x-dev"
+                    "dev-master": "1.8.x-dev"
                 }
             },
             "autoload": {
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
                 "spy",
                 "stub"
             ],
-            "time": "2018-04-18 13:57:24"
+            "time": "2018-08-05 17:53:17"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpunit/php-code-coverage",
diff --git a/api-payroll/src/application/SessionApplication.php b/api-payroll/src/application/SessionApplication.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7091e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-payroll/src/application/SessionApplication.php
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Application;
+
+class SessionApplication{
+    private $pdo;
+    private $cryptographyService;
+
+    function __construct($mysql, $cryptographyService){
+        $this->cryptographyService = $cryptographyService;
+        $this->pdo = $mysql;
+
+        $this->databaseSelectQueryErrorMessage = 'There was an error inserting the record.';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    function verifySession(){
+        return isset($_SESSION['userName']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    function checkCurrentSession(){
+        $session = array();
+
+        $session['loggedIn'] = $this->verifySession();
+
+        if($this->verifySession()){
+            $session['userName'] = $_SESSION['userName'];
+        }
+
+        return $session;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $userName string
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    function getPassword($userName){
+        $stmt = $this->pdo->prepare("SELECT password FROM users WHERE name = :userName");
+        $stmt->execute(array(':userName' => $userName));
+        $results = $stmt->fetchAll();
+        if(!$results){
+            exit($this->databaseSelectQueryErrorMessage);
+        }
+        $stmt = null;
+        return $results[0]['password'];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $userName string
+     * @param $password string
+     * @return bool
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    function newSession($userName, $password){
+        $storedPassword = $this->getPassword($userName);
+
+        // If the credentials don't match anything in the the records
+        if(!isset($storedPassword)){
+            throw new Exception('The user or password didnt match, please try again.');
+        }
+
+        // Already has a session
+        if($this->verifySession()){
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if($this->cryptographyService->decryptPassword($password, $storedPassword)){
+            $_SESSION['userName'] = $userName;
+            return true;
+        }
+        else{
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function destroySession(){
+        session_destroy();
+
+        return "Sucessfully logged out.";
+    }
+}
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api-payroll/src/dependencies.php b/api-payroll/src/dependencies.php
index 4c20bf8..60ba341 100644
--- a/api-payroll/src/dependencies.php
+++ b/api-payroll/src/dependencies.php
@@ -17,3 +17,44 @@ $container['logger'] = function ($c) {
     $logger->pushHandler(new Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler($settings['path'], $settings['level']));
     return $logger;
 };
+
+// Mysql connecrion
+$container['mysql'] = function ($c) {
+    $mysqlSettings = $c->get('settings')['mysql'];
+
+    // The database parameters
+    $host = $mysqlSettings['host'];
+    $database = $mysqlSettings['database'];
+    $user = $mysqlSettings['user'];
+    $password = $mysqlSettings['password'];
+    $charset = $mysqlSettings['charset'];
+    $pdoConnectionOptions = $mysqlSettings['pdoConnectionOptions'];
+
+    // Generic error messages
+    $databaseConnectionErrorMessage = $mysqlSettings['databaseConnectionErrorMessage'];
+    $databaseSelectQueryErrorMessage = $mysqlSettings['databaseSelectQueryErrorMessage'];
+    $databaseInsertQueryErrorMessage = $mysqlSettings['databaseInsertQueryErrorMessage'];
+
+    // Initiate the connection
+    $dsn = "mysql:host=$host;dbname=$database;charset=$charset";
+    try {
+        $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password, $pdoConnectionOptions);
+    } catch (Exception $e) {
+        error_log($e->getMessage());
+        exit($databaseConnectionErrorMessage);
+    }
+    return $pdo;
+};
+
+// Cryto functions
+$container['cryptographyService'] = function ($c) {
+    $cryptographySettings = $c->get('settings')['cryptography'];
+    $cryptographyService = new App\Service\CryptographyService($cryptographySettings);
+    return $cryptographyService;
+};
+
+// The session application
+$container['sessionApplication'] = function ($c) {
+    $sessionApplication = new App\Application\SessionApplication($c['mysql'], $c['cryptographyService']);
+    return $sessionApplication;
+};
diff --git a/api-payroll/src/routes.php b/api-payroll/src/routes.php
index 9363ec6..680333b 100644
--- a/api-payroll/src/routes.php
+++ b/api-payroll/src/routes.php
@@ -12,3 +12,25 @@ $app->get('/[{name}]', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $ar
     // Render index view
     return $this->renderer->render($response, 'index.phtml', $args);
 });
+
+$app->get('/api/session', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
+    return $response->withStatus(200)
+        ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        ->write(json_encode($this->sessionApplication->checkCurrentSession()));
+});
+
+$app->post('/api/session/login', function ($request, $response) {
+    $RequestData = $request->getParsedBody();
+
+    $data = $this->sessionApplication->newSession($RequestData['userName'], $RequestData['password']);
+
+    return $response->withStatus(200)
+        ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        ->write(json_encode($data));
+});
+
+$app->post('/api/session/logout', function (Request $request, Response $response, array $args) {
+    return $response->withStatus(200)
+        ->withHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        ->write(json_encode($this->sessionApplication->destroySession()));
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api-payroll/src/service/CryptographyService.php b/api-payroll/src/service/CryptographyService.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41e3e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-payroll/src/service/CryptographyService.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+namespace App\Service;
+
+/**
+ * A collection of functions to securely handling sensitive data,
+ * passwords as well as making use of other crypto needs within
+ * the project
+ *
+ * @property  settings
+*/
+
+class CryptographyService{
+
+    function __construct($cryptographySettings) {
+        $this->settings = $cryptographySettings;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encrypts a string using the predefined algorithm, the resulting string will contain the
+     * concatenated iv used for salting as well as the cipher text, both in hex format
+     *
+     * @param $text string
+     * @return string
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    function encryptString($text){
+        try {
+            $iv = random_bytes($this->settings['ivSize']);
+            $ivInHex = bin2hex($iv);
+
+            $encryptedMessage = openssl_encrypt($text, $this->settings['encryptionAlgorithm'],
+                $this->settings['encryptionPassword'], 1, $iv);
+
+            $hexedCipherText = bin2hex($encryptedMessage);
+
+            return "$ivInHex$hexedCipherText";
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            throw new Exception('There was an error encrypting the string, contact the system administrator.');
+            $this->logger->warning("There was an error in the cryptographyService->encryptString caused by: $e ");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+    * Decrypts a string using the predefined algorithm
+     * 
+     * This method assumes that an iv with the length taken from the setting ivSize is present
+     * at the beginning of the string and this will be used to decrypt the cipher text
+     *
+     * @param $cipherText string
+     * @return string
+    */
+    function decryptString($cipherText) {
+        $cipherText = hex2bin($cipherText);
+
+        $totalCharaters = strlen($cipherText);
+        $iv = substr($cipherText, 0, $this->settings['ivSize']);
+        $cipherTextWithIv = substr($cipherText, $this->settings['ivSize'], $totalCharaters);
+
+        return openssl_decrypt($cipherTextWithIv, $this->settings['encryptionAlgorithm'],
+            $this->settings['encryptionPassword'], 1, $iv);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Securely hashes a password for its coldstorage
+     *
+     * @param $password string
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function encryptPassword($password) {
+        $options = [
+            'cost' => $this->settings['passwordHashCost'],
+        ];
+
+        return password_hash($password, PASSWORD_BCRYPT, $options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compares a password given in plain text against the encrypted veersion to determined if they're
+     * the same password
+     *
+     * @param $plainPassword string
+     * @param $encryptedPassword string
+     * @return bool
+    */
+    function decryptPassword($plainPassword, $encryptedPassword) {
+        return password_verify($plainPassword, $encryptedPassword);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api-payroll/src/settings.php b/api-payroll/src/settings.php
index 2346883..54893f4 100644
--- a/api-payroll/src/settings.php
+++ b/api-payroll/src/settings.php
@@ -15,5 +15,30 @@ return [
             'path' => isset($_ENV['docker']) ? 'php://stdout' : __DIR__ . '/../logs/app.log',
             'level' => \Monolog\Logger::DEBUG,
         ],
+
+        // Cryptography settings
+        'cryptography' => [
+            'encryptionAlgorithm' => 'AES-256-CBC',
+            'encryptionPassword' => '7de431684c34cf2c898268cff71392f38c4175dde050c9ee69502b81571484e0',
+            'passwordHashCost' => '12',
+            'ivSize' => 16, // 128 bits
+        ],
+
+        // Datanase settings
+        'mysql' => [
+            'host' => 'localhost',
+            'database' => 'payroll',
+            'user' => 'root',
+            'password' => '12345678',
+            'charset' => 'utf8',
+            'pdoConnectionOptions' => [
+                PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES   => true, // The querys will be prepared by pdo instead of the dbms
+                PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE            => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION, // Errors will be returned as exceptions
+                PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, // Data will be returned in associative arrays
+            ],
+            'databaseConnectionErrorMessage' => 'Unable to connect to the database.',
+            'databaseSelectQueryErrorMessage' => 'There was an error fetching the data.',
+            'databaseInsertQueryErrorMessage' => 'There was an error inserting the record.',
+        ],
     ],
 ];
diff --git a/database/database.sql b/database/database.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..930a97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/database.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS payroll;
+
+CREATE DATABASE payroll;
+USE payroll;
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS persons;
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `persons` (
+  `id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `firstName` varbinary(500) NOT NULL comment 'The name of the person',
+  `middleName` varbinary(500) NOT NULL comment 'The midle name of the person',
+  `lastName` varbinary(500) comment 'The last name of the person',
+  `birthDate` DATE NOT NULL DEFAULT '1900-01-01' comment 'Date of birth of the person',
+  `email` varbinary(500) NOT NULL comment 'The email adress of the person',
+  `phone` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL comment 'The phone number of the person should be the mobile one but leaves room for home ones',
+  `status` ENUM('ACTIVE', 'INACTIVE') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'ACTIVE',
+  `created_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP comment 'The date on which the registry was created',
+  `updated_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP comment 'The date of the last time the row was modified',
+  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
+  UNIQUE (`phone`),
+  UNIQUE (`firstName`,`middleName`,`lastName`,`birthDate`)
+);
+
+INSERT INTO persons (firstName, middleName, lastName, birthDate, email, phone)
+  VALUES (
+    '0524a1848795041c2259ad658897913d25bc36e7ce54fa8465de767a03be8aaa957591c84d51dd85f1b58fc0826db835',
+    'b5293d82e3ebc1f36eb70f8c0007aaa2aa1cd3f1e2903e1e36fb35137e967d3a',
+    'b04e81e22a98c1abfcb85688926aa5fa12aea511f600424c25a7e9b14a0ac6f8',
+    '1991-06-06',
+    '205fbeba023a9b846a11492bfc6e039619bb6068030bcc13e45d30e638f6c51b4099911dee2b5644d55b43a38e8591f32f579ba0df9bd710b9e6bf66e0544184',
+    '0123456789');
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS users;
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `users` (
+  `id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+  `idPerson` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL comment 'Id of the person, this contains the name and other personal data',
+  `name` VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL comment 'Username',
+  `password` VARCHAR(500) NOT NULL comment 'Hashed password',
+  `status` ENUM('ACTIVE', 'INACTIVE') NOT NULL DEFAULT 'ACTIVE',
+  `created_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP comment 'The date on which the registry was created',
+  `updated_at` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP comment 'The date of the last time the row was modified',
+  PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
+  FOREIGN KEY (idPerson) REFERENCES persons(id),
+  UNIQUE (`name`)
+);
+
+INSERT INTO users (idPerson, name, password)
+  VALUES (1, 'sloth', '$2y$12$51mfESaLEGXDT4u9Bd9kiOHEpaJ1Bx4SEcVwsU5K6jVPMNkrnpJAa');