Every year businesses lose money and personal client information in online security attacks. These breaches can be expensive to fix and can severely damage your brand’s credibility. Follow these website security tips to ensure that your site is secure from cyber criminals.
Email Attacks
Be careful when opening emails from unknown sources, especially if the email contains an attachment. Spam guards can help block many of these deceptive emails, but you still need to be vigilant. Use caution if an email contains a link that takes you to a page that requires personal information or passwords. Be extra cautious with attachments, as they can contain harmful viruses. It’s best to use a service to scan attachments before opening them.
Use Secure Passwords
Never use an easy to guess password. A good rule of thumb is to include a mix of capital and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols. You can use a password manager to create and store tough to break passwords.
Install Updates
Software, operating platforms, plugins, and other programs are updated to protect against vulnerabilities. Make sure that everything on your computers and website is up to date. You can set up many programs to update automatically. Hackers often break in by finding weaknesses in out of date software or plugins, and you can easily prevent this by installing updates.
Use a Secure Web Hosting Service
Choose your web host wisely! They play a vital role in protecting your website.Check their security platform, and make sure that they offer backups. A back up can save you in the unfortunate event of a security breach.
Website Security: SSL Certificate
A website that starts with “https” is secure. The letters in “https” stand for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. This internet communication protocol protects the integrity of data between the user’s computer and the site. Google will mark sites as “unsecured” if they do not have the SSL Certificate or do not encrypt data.
Install Security Plugins
There are many security options to choose from to protect your website. WordPress offers security plugins that help maintain your site’s security. If you do not use WordPress, there are other paid services you can use to protect your site with. Security plugins are an added layer of safety, and they prevent hackers from taking advantage of vulnerabilities that might exist in your hosting platform.
Follow these steps to maintain your website security and you shouldn’t have any problems! Contact us if you’d like us to take a look at your website security or help you obtain your SSL Certificate!