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Intrusion Detection, Intrusion Prevention and Web Application Firewalls

As more and more businesses are hosted online and increasingly on cloud platforms such as AWS, it is critical to ensure robust cybersecurity defenses are in place. Typically, the security architecture for most web facing applications begins with boundary protection using a firewall. There are a number of security sub-systems such as Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and Web Application Firewalls (WAF) which are generally considered as basic requirements. This is especially true for online businesses offering services in the Healthcare, Financial, Government and Commercial payments market. As always there is a wide variety of choices and it is critical to understand the role of each one of the security systems to make an informed implementation decision. Let us begin by reviewing some of the basic definition on what these system do and the protections they provide. Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) – An IPS is an appliance

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October 28, 2015

Security is critical for SaaS CEO’s and SaaS Investors

  The Identity Theft Resource Center states that over 175 million records have been exposed in data breaches in 2015 through October. The incidents of breaches continue to increase and as more businesses are offering SaaS solutions to their customers, SaaS CEOs and Investors must take a careful look at their security practices to avoid business and financial risk. More and more businesses are offering SaaS solutions to their customers. However, many SaaS firms and their investors underestimate the importance of security as a critical component of their collective success. Many commercial SaaS operators have a “chink in their armor”. The lack of cybersecurity talent, low investment in security tools and generally weak management focus on security issues are contributory factors. This can be a costly mistake. Changing Regulatory Landscape around Cybersecurity US Regulators such as SEC and FTC amongst others are starting to aggressively enforce and in some cases expand

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October 21, 2015

Secure and Scalable Magento Hosting with AWS EC2 and Aurora

  Magento is an open source cloud based digital commerce platform that empowers merchants to integrate digital and physical shopping experiences. Magento enterprise edition provides an engaging shopping experience to the users by providing personalized content, fast checkout and a seamless shopper experience. However, in order to ensure the integrity of the user experience and sensitive customer data, it is important to follow security and deployment best practices. stackArmor’s cybersecurity and cloud deployment experts have developed a proven and full-stack methodology to help protect and secure applications and data. Additionally, it is important to follow Magento specific guidelines for creating a secure eCommerce platform that is compliant and protected. Keep Magento and Extensions Up to Date: It is very important that you are always running the latest version of Magento as updates generally contain security fixes. It is also very important to keep your Magento extensions up to date. Strong

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April 1, 2015