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Each passing day brings with it news of a brand new leak of personal information over the Internet. Be it credit card information belonging to millions of users or their email IDs and passwords, personal nude pictures of celebrities or even top secret classified government data \u2014 the world of hackers has democratized the internet and its lack of security at every possible level.<\/span><\/p>\n

You might now be wondering what this has to do with your innocuous little blog or website that does not carry users\u2019 credit card information or nude pictures of Scarlett Johansson.<\/p>\n

Well, hackers can turn your nondescript website into a malicious spy bot in a matter of minutes, sending sensitive user data to hackers without your even realizing it. Worse, they can hack into your website databases and destroy or manipulate important information, injecting your content with malicious links and even hijack the hosting server to be used in botnet DDoS attacks.<\/p>\n

<\/span>But enough of this scare fest. It\u2019s not all doom and gloom out there on the Web. There are\u00a0things that you\u00a0can\u00a0<\/em>do<\/a>\u00a0to secure your website\u00a0from hackers and\u00a0becoming a target for online vandals. Here\u2019s a roundup of the easiest steps you can take:<\/p>\n

Keep All Software Updated<\/h3>\n

Whether your website was built from scratch by your development team or you chose to create a DIY site on a third party turnkey platform, as a site owner it\u2019s your job to ensure that every piece of software you run is up to date.<\/p>\n

CMS providers like WordPress, Joomla and their ilk work round the clock trying to plug any holes in their systems and release regular patches and updates that make their software less vulnerable to attacks. Ensure that you run these updates and have the latest version supporting your site at any given point in time.<\/p>\n

If your site uses third party plugins, keep track of their updates and ensure that these are updated on time as well. Often, many sites include plugins that fall into disuse over time. Clean out your website of any unused, old and non-updated plugins \u2014 they are sitting ducks for hackers to be used as a gateway to enter your site and wreak havoc on it.<\/p>\n

Build Layers of Security Around Your Site<\/h3>\n

Just as you lock your doors before leaving your house and install antivirus software on your desktop computer before browsing the web, you should also have a security system to serve as your website\u2019s first line of defense against hacking attacks. A Web Application Firewall is that first line of defense. These solutions are designed to inspect incoming traffic, provide and weed out malicious requests \u2013-\u00a0 offering protection from SPAM, brute force attacks, SQL Injections, Cross Site Scripting and other OWASP\u00a0Top 10 threats<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Until just a few years ago, Web Application Firewalls were only available as hardware appliances, but today a few Security-as-a-service (SECaaS) providers are revolutionizing the industry by using cloud technology to cut down prices of security solutions previously found only in enterprise level setups.<\/p>\n

Consequently, all website owners can now \u201crent\u201d a cloud-based\u00a0Web Application Firewall<\/a>, without committing to pricey security appliances or even owning a dedicated hosting server. Better yet, these plug-and-play services don\u2019t require you to hire security experts or attempt to learn every aspect of web security. (Most of us just don\u2019t have the time to become cybersecurity experts too.)<\/p>\n

<\/span>With\u00a0hundreds of thousands<\/a>\u00a0of websites hacked every year, it\u2019s becoming clear that hosting providers are not sufficiently equipped to handle all website security threats because frankly website security is not within their primary agenda. Now cloud-based Web Application Firewalls are filling that void.<\/p>\n

Switch to HTTPS<\/h3>\n

HTTPS or Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure, is a secure communications protocol that is used to transfer sensitive information between a website and a web server.\u00a0Moving your website<\/a>\u00a0to the HTTPS protocol essentially means adding an encryption layer of TLS (Transport Layer Security) or SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to your HTTP making your users\u2019 and your own data extra secure from hacking attempts.<\/p>\n

\"secure<\/p>\n

While HTTPS is a necessity for all online transactions, the rest of the website is usually on HTTP in most cases. However, all that is about to change with Google\u2019s recent announcement that\u00a0HTTPS will be a search ranking factor<\/a>. Besides the security aspect of things, it now makes even more sense to shift your entire website to HTTPS to improve your search rankings simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Use Strong Passwords, Change Regularly<\/h3>\n

This one\u2019s another no-brainer. Brute force attacks that try guessing username password combinations have multiplied at alarming rates over the last couple of years with thousands of attacks being detected on a daily basis across the web.<\/p>\n

Using strong passwords is an effective way to limit if not completely eliminate\u00a0brute force<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0dictionary attacks<\/a>. Strong passwords are not just a requirement for your email or financial transactions online, they are also imperative for your website server, admin and database passwords.<\/p>\n

Make sure your password is a combination of alphanumeric characters, symbols, upper and lower case characters and is at least 12 characters long to prevent brute force attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Do not use the same password for all your different website logins. Change your passwords regularly to keep them doubly secure. Store users\u2019 passwords in encrypted form. This ensures that even if there is a security breach, attackers do not get their hands on actual user passwords.<\/p>\n

Make Admin Directories Tough to Spot<\/h3>\n

An ingenious way hackers gain access to your site\u2019s data is by going straight to the source and hacking into your admin directories.<\/p>\n

Hackers can use scripts that scan all the directories on your web server for giveaway names like \u2018admin\u2019 or \u2018login\u2019 etc. and focus their energies on entering these folders to compromise your website\u2019s security. Most popular CMS\u2019s allow you to rename your admin folders to any name of your choice. Pick innocuous sounding names for your admin folders that are known only to your webmasters to greatly reduce the possibility of a potential breach.<\/p>\n

This is such a basic and easily avoidable hacking scenario, that it\u2019s astonishing how millions of websites still ignore it.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n

Most of us go through life with the philosophy \u2018It won\u2019t happen to me\u2019. However, that philosophy has been proven not t be true in the world of online security. A successful attack on your site not only leads to compromising of users\u2019 data and your own information, it can also lead to a blacklisting of your site by Google and other search providers as your infected site risks spreading malicious content throughout the web.<\/p>\n

Erring on the side of caution works best in this area. Implement at least these basic steps right away, to avoid being a soft target for malicious hackers.<\/p>\n

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Source:\u00a0Smallbiztrends.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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