Posted on April 29, 2016 by admin
During these modern times, websites are susceptible to constant security threats which can lead to catastrophic consequences, including hackers infiltrating your website server in order to access sensitive information, such as customer data, as well as automatic attacks from malicious coding, intended to disable, or alter website functionality, or access.
Website security affects all of us, whether you are a web designer, an online business owner, or an end user of a website. Nobody is immune to the threat of Internet security threats. There are steps you can take to improve your website security; here are 6 of them:
1. Difficult Passwords
A first line of defense against potential hackers is to choose and use difficult passwords. A difficult password should be lengthy, (12 or more characters), random in terms of strings of characters (example: 5@51diwp0fr38) and be unique, in that a different password is used for each application, or system you need to access.
2. Assign User Access as Necessary
Corporate businesses tend to have multiple logins to various corporate applications on their servers. To ensure that company information and systems remain uncompromised, it’s important to assign users only suitable permission levels which enable them to do their assigned job duties.
3. Backups
In the event that a security breach has occurred, it is crucial to have backups for websites which are regularly scheduled. An important factor to consider is ensuring that backups are stored off the server, so that potential hackers are unable to access unpatched versions of your CMS.
4. SSL
When it comes to preventing hackers from intercepting communications traffic between a website and browser, installing SSL (secure socket layer) works well as a line of protection. SSL essentially encrypts information in transit, protecting personally identifiable information.
5. Web Application Firewall
Protection between information flowing from website server to Internet can be achieved successfully through the use of a web application firewall. Using a cloud-based web application firewall ensures unlikely data interception between Web server and the Internet.
6. Keep Up with Updates
Failure to keep up with software updates will only leave doors wide open for eager hackers to go through your website. Software vulnerabilities are identified regularly and if you are diligent in patching your software, you will be able to secure your website from unauthorized access.
Protecting your business and you customers is vitally important, so website security should always be an ongoing priority.