Hosting & security retainers

Web application security

In today's digital security landscape, customers are becoming more sensitive and aware of data protection policies, and the possible impact that a data breach may have on them personally. At Atomix, mitigating the risk of a security breach for our clients is our highest priority.

Our security retainers

Atomix offers time-based security retainers with a tiered time allocation. Our security retainers ensure we have dedicated time to perform security updates for your site at the agreed frequency and volume.

Our retainers are dedicated to the specific action of vulnerability patching. Additional security hardening can be added to your retainer to provide further protections. See our Security add-ons below.

See our FAQs below to understand more about the updates performed within your security retainer time.

Update inclusions & frequency

As part of our security retainers, we offer 24/7 security monitoring to detect possible threats and vulnerabilities. We regularly update security vulnerabilities to protect your organisation from known and emerging threats. The frequency of security updates is based on the reported level of security risk and the tier/time allocation of your security retainer.

Please note, unless on a Platinum or Enterprise retainer, the time in your retainer is for patching reported security vulnerabilities only, and does not include stability updates.

For a better understanding of the different criticalities and types of updates, see our FAQs.

Security retainer costs

Different website architectures require different amounts of time and effort to maintain. To account for this, our security retainers have time allocations based on the technology powering your website.

Below are the four most common technologies used by Atomix, along with the minimum retainer size we recommend. Our retainers are invoiced as time and materials; if there is not enough time in the quarter's retainer to complete the required updates, we'll let you know so that we can agree on additional time to be added to your retainer.

WordPress
Craft CMS and Laravel
React and Vue
Decoupled

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Security retainer add-ons

We offer a range of standard tools and services that can be added to your retainer. From a quarterly update report, enforced 2FA or SSO, through to automated regression testing and strategic meetings with the Atomix team to discuss the current landscape and opportunities.

Speak to us at any time to discuss protecting your application with any of the below services:
WAF and CDN
Quarterly security update report
Security strategy meeting
CMS multi-factor authentication
CMS IP address whitelist
SSO and SAML
Vulnerable data audit
Automatic form entry purge
Offsite form storage
Automated visual regression tests

Enterprise or bespoke security plans

Atomix offers bespoke enterprise security arrangements tailored to websites, applications and clients with unique requirements.

Enterprise security plans start from $2,500/month, but costs can be highly variable based on your specific requirements.


FAQs

What is a security update?
How do you determine the level of risk from 'critical' to 'low' for security vulnerabilities?
What happens if there is a security breach on my website?
What is a 'primary framework'?
How do I know if my website has any security vulnerabilities?
Can I add more security add-ons as I go?
Can I switch between different security plan tiers?
What is a stability update?