Use these nine tips to bolster your Web site’s security and your customers’ confidence.

By Matt Griffin and Catalog Success

Alessi notes that most major security firms, such as Cisco and Checkpoint, offer IDS solutions. Open source solutions, such as Snort, also are available.

3. Protect your firewall. Burke also recommends installing a demilitarized zone (DMZ) on your network. An extension of the firewall that separates your sensitive database servers from the open access of the Internet, a DMZ contains devices that need to be accessible by regular Internet traffic, such as your Web and e-mail servers.