Security is a big concern for our applications and must be taken into account when building and deploying them. The question we should ask is how do we get on top of it? The key to mitigating security concerns is monitoring and auditing the devices on our applications. By analyzing the traffic that flows into our applications, we can set up alerts to let us know whether there are any possible security threats. Also, by keeping an audit of our devices and addressing possible security concerns before deployment, we can patch known security holes before they become a problem.
Let's take a look at monitoring, first.