2 Tier vs 3 Tier

[Thugzclub Thugzclub <thugzclub () googlemail com>]

All,

We are building a system and despite the security benefits of a 3 tier
architecture, I feel that a 2 Tier architecture will suffice.
1 - Any argument for the security benefits of the 2 Tier architecture
2 - Any compensating controls that I can deploy to protect my web
server/application server? I am looking at HIDS and Host based
firewalls as a starter....

thanks

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