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

By Matt Griffin and Catalog Success

Alessi describes the DMZ as the middle ground between the untrusted world of the Internet and the full-security zone of your database servers that exist behind your firewall. A hardware solution, a DMZ can be implemented either by adding another physical interface onto your existing firewall or by using two firewalls in a series, with the DMZ coming in between them, says Alessi.