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5 TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR WEBSITE SECURITY

By Lipika

September 17, 2015

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5 STEPS THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE TO INCREASE YOUR WEBSITE SECURITY

“Bitstamp loses $5 million in BTC after security breach, suspends service”–
January, 2015

“Amazon’s Twitch hacked- different data including credit card information
compromised.”– March 2015

These and many more recent examples of website security breaches prove that
security should always remain a topmost concern for any organization, of any
size- big or small.

Here are five important steps that need to be taken at the user as well as admin
level to secure your website are given below:


#1 INSTALL SSL AND PROTECT YOUR CUSTOMER               

The information in transit – from origin till destination server is most
vulnerable. If the information comprises your customers’ credit card details,
online banking passwords, login details and other vital information which is
sensitive in nature, then securing it is your foremost priority.

Also Read: What is Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act (DISHA) in
India?

This can be done by installing SSL certificates which make information
unreadable to everyone except to the destination server. SSL installed sites
provide visual cues to the customer- like a padlock or a green bar with padlock
in the address bar of a website and a site seal.

This confirms that site provide secure data and transactions and customer can
trust the website to make a purchase.

SSL certificate ensures your customers’ security and privacy and you gain their
trust and confidence. 🙂


#2 PROTECT YOUR WEBSITE, MITIGATE DDOS ATTACKS

“The number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in first quarter of
2015 has more than doubled the number of DDoS attacks in Q1 of 2014” – Akamai
Technologies’ Q1 2015 State of the Internet Security report..



The objective of DDOS attack is to saturate a service, be it a machine or a
network resource, with mass external and bogus requests to such an extent that
it no longer responds to its legitimate users.

But you can use Enterprise DDoS Protection Services to withstand DDoS attacks.
With automated and manual detection of DDoS attacks through a pre-defined set of
rules, multiple steps are taken to mitigate small and large DDoS attacks.


#3 ENSURE DATA CREDIBILITY, KEEP MALWARE AWAY FROM YOUR SITE

Malware – a type of malicious software can easily be installed on your website
by hackers to spread viruses, steal personal or financial data, and even hijack
computers.

But once the data credibility is compromised, the trust goes and so do your
customers. Thus you should have a website scanning tool on your site that can
counter such measures.


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Malware scanning tools and software like SiteLock daily scans a site for malware
injections, website vulnerabilities and other threats to the website and
proactively removes them.


#4 INSTALL PHISHING ALERT SERVICE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST PHISHING

In internet fraud called ‘phishing’, the targeted web user is duped by asking to
submit the personal and financial information, like username, password, bank
account details, credit card and debit card details etc. for an identity theft,
through fraudulent emails or fake web pages which are identical to an official
website of any trusted organization.

Many website owners suffer huge losses due to phishing acts as although
innocent, they are blacklisted by Google for indulging in suspicious activities.

You can avail Phishing Compromise Alert Service powered by Netcraft, a leading
internet security service provider, to protect your brand with proactive
identification of fraudulent sites and possible attacks. ciscursion provides
this service free of charge with its SSL certificates.


#5 TAKE REGULAR BACKUPS AND UPDATE PLUGINS & THEMES.

It is easy to restore your database and files in the events of crash if you take
regular backup. You can back up your files manually, or by using backup plugin
and cPanel backup which provides backup to your home directory, SQL databases
owned by you and any of your cPanel configuration settings.

SAN, NAS, installing additional drive on the server, using cloud storage (AZURE)
etc. can provide solution to data loss. Dropmysite is another useful tool which
provides secure and scheduled data backup, along with monitoring website uptime
and response time with a single click.

Also keep your plugins and themes updated, as updated versions are bug free and
more secured.

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LIPIKA

ABOUT AUTHOR

Lipika Is a fun loving person who enjoys writing. She loves learning about all
things technical and loves guiding others about it. In her free time, she likes
dancing and listening to music. You can catch her at Google+.
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 * Reply
   
   Nidhi
   May 26, 2020 at 9:38 pm
   
   Very informative blog, I recently bought my SSL certificate. your blog gave
   really insight how important it is to consider 🙂

   


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