Nordic Web Team is expanding its security practice for Magento clients through a new partnership with Sansec, an ecommerce security specialist based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Nordic Web Team recommends and implements Sansec as a standard part of every Magento engagement.
Why security needs a dedicated layer
Magento gives merchants a mature, flexible platform with a large extension ecosystem. That same ecosystem is also where most security risk concentrates. A vulnerable third-party extension or an outdated core installation can open the door to payment skimmers and server-side malware, often without any visible sign on the storefront itself.
General-purpose security tools rarely catch this. Most scanning and monitoring in ecommerce focuses on what happens in the browser, because that's where a customer would notice something wrong. A large share of ecommerce malware instead hides on the server, in files, database tables, or scheduled tasks that a standard external scan never reaches.
Sansec builds specifically for this gap.
What Sansec brings to the stack
Sansec's two core products cover the problem from both directions.
eComscan runs directly on the hosting server and inspects the full stack: files, database content, running processes, and scheduled tasks. It checks for known malware signatures, unauthorized admin accounts, and vulnerable extension versions, and updates its signatures automatically as new threats are identified. Because it runs where the store actually lives, it catches server-side compromises that browser-based or purely external scans miss entirely.
Sansec Shield is a real-time web application firewall built specifically for Magento's attack surface, rather than a generic WAF. It blocks known Magento-level attack patterns as they happen, giving a store cover while a critical patch gets tested and scheduled properly instead of rushed out under pressure. Shield runs alongside general-purpose firewalls like Cloudflare rather than replacing them. Sansec is explicit that the two products work together: Shield handles web traffic attacks, while eComscan covers everything else, including compromised credentials or access through non-web channels.
Sansec backs Shield with a cleanup guarantee: if a new Magento-level attack bypasses Shield on a store with an active Advanced or Enterprise license and standard security hygiene in place, Sansec investigates and remediates it at no charge. The guarantee doesn't extend to third-party applications running on the same server, attacks via channels like SSH or FTP, or the abuse of stolen credentials, so it sits alongside good operational practice rather than replacing it.
What this means for Nordic Web Team clients
For every Magento project, Nordic Web Team evaluates and recommends Sansec's eComscan and Shield as part of the standard security setup, alongside the platform, hosting, and integration decisions we already scope for every build.
This doesn't replace the fundamentals. Extension choice, admin access hygiene, and patch discipline still determine most of a store's real exposure, and Sansec's tools work best when they're planned into that picture from the start rather than added after an incident. What this partnership adds is server-side visibility and real-time protection that most Magento stores don't have today, delivered by a team that publishes its research and vulnerability findings in the open rather than only in its marketing.
Want to see how this fits your setup? Explore our partner ecosystem or read the complete guide to ecommerce malware protection.
Sansec is now the standard recommendation for Magento projects, but the exact setup, an Advanced or Enterprise plan, eComscan alone or with Shield, is scoped per project based on the store's extension footprint, hosting, and risk profile.
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