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Chapter
4
Web Application
Security—A Case Study
In this chapter we delve into a case study that exempliies the premise of this topic. We will explore
the need for a secure e-commerce application of a hypothetical online retail company. his chapter
explores the problems faced by it with respect to its current e-commerce application and highlights
the proposed security and integration functionality to be built into its new application.
4.1 the Business need—An e-Commerce Application
4.1.1 The Company
Panthera retail has been one of the most reputed retail brands on the West Coast of the United
States. Panthera is a household name for consumer electronics and appliances. Panthera, a family-
run business, began as a brick-and-mortar company and quickly expanded its operations to over
200 retail stores spread over California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. he current chairman
of the board, David Johnson, founded it in 1980. he current CEO of Panthera is the chairman's
son Andrew Johnson. Panthera's pride is its promptness and impeccable customer service, which is
the prime reason for its dominance in the consumer electronics and retail space.
In 1998, keeping with the demands of the dot-com boom and the e-commerce revolution,
Panthera's management decided to experiment with an e-commerce solution. hey implemented a
proprietary solution called
Merchant Plus E-Commerce Pro
from a software vendor and have been
using the same ever since for their e-commerce operations. Although Panthera found some success
with the e-commerce concept early in their e-commerce journey, rapid advances in technology
and a wildly dynamic market environment left Panthera grappling with a host of problems. Some
of the signiicant problems were the following:
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Vendor lock-in
Proprietary solution
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Security vulnerabilities
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