We all know that your online presence gives your business valuable visibility, but is your website secure? Creating that security instills consumer confidence in shopping or just browsing your website. Building brand awareness is typically top of the list for most companies when launching their website, but it is imperative to prioritize security as well. Otherwise, your website could cause more damage than good.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It is crucial to keep all platforms or scripts you’ve installed up-to-date. Hackers aggressively target security flaws in popular web software, and the programs need to be updated to patch security holes. It is important to maintain and update every software product you use.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
It is important to use strong passwords. Hackers frequently utilize sophisticated software that use brute force to crack passwords. To protect against brute force, passwords should be complex, containing uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numerals, and special characters.\u00a0Your passwords should be\u00a0at least 10 characters long. This password policy should be maintained throughout your organization.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Use\u00a0SSL encryption\u00a0on your login pages. SSL allows sensitive information such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and login credentials to be transmitted securely. Information entered on a page is encrypted so that it’s meaningless to any third party who might intercept it. This helps to prevent hackers from accessing your login credentials or other private data.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Choosing a secure and reputable\u00a0web hosting company\u00a0is very important to your website security. Make sure the host you choose is aware of threats and devoted to keeping your website secure. Your host should also back up your data to a remote server and make it easy to restore in case your site is hacked. Choose a host who offers ongoing technical support whenever necessary.\u00a0CommonPlaces offers secure, reliable hosting for our customers.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Every database, application, or plugin on your website is another possible point of entry for hackers. You should delete any files, databases, or applications from your website that are no longer in use. It is also important to keep your file structure organized to keep track of changes and make it easier to delete old files.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Back up your site regularly. You should maintain backups of all of your website files in case your site becomes inaccessible or your data is lost. Your web host provider should provide backups of their own servers, but you should still backup your files regularly. Some content management programs have plugins or extensions that can automatically back up your site, and you should also be able to back up databases and content manually.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n It is important to regularly perform web security scans to check for\u00a0website and server vulnerabilities. Web security scans should be performed on a schedule and after any change or addition to your web components. There are a number of free tools on the Internet that you can use to measure how secure your website is. Those tools can be helpful for a brief review, but they won’t detect all the possible security flaws of your site. Having a professional perform security scans on your website will provide an in-depth review and explanation of the vulnerabilities on your website.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We all know that your online presence gives your business valuable visibility, but is your website secure? Creating that security instills consumer confidence in shopping or just browsing your website. Building brand awareness is typically top of the list for most companies when launching their website, but it is imperative to prioritize security as well. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8146,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions\/8146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecsoffice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}5. KEEP YOUR WEBSITE CLEAN<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
6. BACKUP YOUR DATA<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
7. SCAN YOUR WEBSITE FOR VULNERABILITIES<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n