Securing high availability Web applications
David T. Morgan · Network Security · 2004
The task of creating, securing and subsequently deploying a Web application targeted at a niche audience is rife with pitfalls, as numerous organizations have become all too aware. However, as the scale of the applications' user base increases not only in its size but also in its geographical diversity the demands upon the application itself and in particular its supporting security infrastructure increase dramatically. It is perhaps ironic that the typical applications with such delivery requirements are those that by their very nature are the more difficult to secure, for example real-time financial trading applications and applications supporting delivery of up to the minute dynamic information such as sporting events and news sites. This article after initially covering the fundamental concerns of a typical niche application will proceed to explore the issues that are introduced as the application scales.