In order to defend an E-Commerce site from cyber-attacks, a variety of measures can be taken. Firstly, a firewall could be put in place, which means that only certain connections are allowed in and out of a server. Effectively, this means that certain malicious connections can be barred entry, meaning that the server can still perform effectively even whilst under attack. However, having a firewall can cause performance issues for the site, as every single attempted connection has to be checked against…
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