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20/12/2021 · 1 min read

Security, Compliance, and Resilience for Seven-Figure Stores

Actionable controls—from threat modelling to container hardening—that keep high-volume ecommerce platforms trustworthy and resilient.

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Security budgets spike after an incident; we prefer to stay ahead. Having completed Security Journey training across C# and JavaScript and shipped high-revenue commerce platforms on AWS, WordPress VIP, and Laravel, we’ve internalised practical safeguards that keep stores resilient.

Shift security left

Every feature starts with a mini threat model: what data moves, who touches it, and which controls already exist. Laravel policies, strict type PHP, and framework middleware block obvious attacks, while React components sanitise user content before it touches the backend. We document assumptions so future engineers understand why guardrails exist.

Control the supply chain

Composer, npm, and NuGet dependencies are scanned during CI via composer audit, npm audit, and GitHub Dependabot. We pin critical packages, maintain private mirrors, and fail builds when vulnerabilities exceed agreed thresholds. Container images are rebuilt frequently so OS patches land automatically.

Harden cloud and containers

AWS IAM least-privilege, Parameter Store secrets, encrypted S3 buckets, and network segregation are table stakes. Docker images follow CIS benchmarks, and Terraform codifies security groups so emergency fixes don’t linger unreviewed. For WordPress VIP estates, we combine platform WAF rules with our own rate limiting to stop bot surges before they become outages.

Rehearse for impact

Runbooks, chaos days, and backup restores keep DR real. We simulate checkout failures, Shopify webhook outages, and Magento feed corruption to verify alerts fire and teams know the playbook. Practice is why our clients stay calm during peak season.

How we help

We slot in as hands-on engineers who understand compliance expectations, so you get faster delivery without compromising the trust that keeps customers spending.