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Internet and its advancements are changing the realms of businesses. The internet has influenced the smallest of business in direct or indirect ways. It has played the role of a catalyst in bringing business to the forefront and making them grow. It is an undisputed fact that a website is much more than a URL. It is an identity for you. It is where you interact with your customers and potential customers.
A good website plays a big role in uplifting your business and needless to say how important it is to have a secured website. There are a plethora of options to secure your website, you can go in for a package from a security vendor or go for firewall and security from your IPS provider. It also depends on the type of your website and the vulnerabilities it is exposed to that will define your web protection plan.
Here are a few simple hacks that are the basic security measures that you need to have to protect your website from hackers:
DDoS protection, Man-in-the-middle protection, phishing attack protection are some of the must have protections. These are the most common types of attacks and thus your website needs to have protection from these attacks.
You can always have multiple protection layers built around your website. Until lately, firewalls were only meant to protect the hardware but now, the firewall is also built around software. Whenever you implement a protection mechanism, don’t do for a protection against a single attack, go for a comprehensive approach. Go for protection layers providing DDoS protection, cloud protection, hardware as well as software protection.
It might seem like a very basic need and mostly everyone thinks that every code on the website is executable and runs properly, but you need to be careful about that. If you use a template or a CMS like WordPress, Joomla or Umbraco, there are ought to be pieces of codes that are inexecutable. These are mainly the codes of pages that are hidden.
Such pieces of codes are easily exploitable and hackers can easily target them to and manipulate the other code lines. Passive codes are very easy to attack and can are the loopholes in the website. Many websites are also loaded with plugins. It is essential to identify the plugins which you actually require and have only those. An obsolete plugin or plugins have redundant functions should be got rid of.
It is important to have all the plugins, software up to date always and also that only the code that is executable is present.
The Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure is a protocol used for security. It is used for secure communication to happen between the website and the webserver. It is like adding a security layer between your website and your webserver that encrypts the data which is being transferred.
It is highly recommended when your website has a continuous exchange of data between the website and the server. This helps in protection against eavesdropping which is highly important. There are many attackers who thrive on sensitive information. Such attackers are always on a look out for information that can be used against you or sold to your competitors or used to tarnish your brand name by poaching your customers.
Whenever you are demanding some information from your customers, make sure you validate the inputs you take to your website. For inputs like name, contact details, other personal information, make it a point to validate the input text boxes.
Do not allow any file uploads to your website. Uploading files may look like a very regular thing, but it is a security threat as by uploading an executable file on your website, the user can mingle with the data you have and pose security threats to your website. A malicious file can be easily uploaded causing a threat to your website.
The easiest approach a hacker has is to access the admin directories and then gain access to the data, control it and then manipulate it. It is easy to spot directories names “admin” or “login” as these are the most common and default names of directories. Use names that are different and keep them confidential. This is the easiest yet very effective hack that can help you secure your website.
Many websites implements very critical and complex security plugins and appoint third party protection systems but miss out on these small and easy hacks. Protecting your website need not always be a very critical process that always requires help from a third party. Some hacks mentioned above although very simple have proven to be very effective!
A good website plays a big role in uplifting your business and needless to say how important it is to have a secured website. There are a plethora of options to secure your website, you can go in for a package from a security vendor or go for firewall and security from your IPS provider. It also depends on the type of your website and the vulnerabilities it is exposed to that will define your web protection plan.
Here are a few simple hacks that are the basic security measures that you need to have to protect your website from hackers:
1. Be safe from the most common attacks:
DDoS protection, Man-in-the-middle protection, phishing attack protection are some of the must have protections. These are the most common types of attacks and thus your website needs to have protection from these attacks.
You can always have multiple protection layers built around your website. Until lately, firewalls were only meant to protect the hardware but now, the firewall is also built around software. Whenever you implement a protection mechanism, don’t do for a protection against a single attack, go for a comprehensive approach. Go for protection layers providing DDoS protection, cloud protection, hardware as well as software protection.
2. Keep your software updated:
It might seem like a very basic need and mostly everyone thinks that every code on the website is executable and runs properly, but you need to be careful about that. If you use a template or a CMS like WordPress, Joomla or Umbraco, there are ought to be pieces of codes that are inexecutable. These are mainly the codes of pages that are hidden.
Such pieces of codes are easily exploitable and hackers can easily target them to and manipulate the other code lines. Passive codes are very easy to attack and can are the loopholes in the website. Many websites are also loaded with plugins. It is essential to identify the plugins which you actually require and have only those. An obsolete plugin or plugins have redundant functions should be got rid of.
It is important to have all the plugins, software up to date always and also that only the code that is executable is present.
3. Use HTTPS:
The Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure is a protocol used for security. It is used for secure communication to happen between the website and the webserver. It is like adding a security layer between your website and your webserver that encrypts the data which is being transferred.
It is highly recommended when your website has a continuous exchange of data between the website and the server. This helps in protection against eavesdropping which is highly important. There are many attackers who thrive on sensitive information. Such attackers are always on a look out for information that can be used against you or sold to your competitors or used to tarnish your brand name by poaching your customers.
4. Don’t allow file upload:
Whenever you are demanding some information from your customers, make sure you validate the inputs you take to your website. For inputs like name, contact details, other personal information, make it a point to validate the input text boxes.
Do not allow any file uploads to your website. Uploading files may look like a very regular thing, but it is a security threat as by uploading an executable file on your website, the user can mingle with the data you have and pose security threats to your website. A malicious file can be easily uploaded causing a threat to your website.
5. Make admin directories difficult to find:
The easiest approach a hacker has is to access the admin directories and then gain access to the data, control it and then manipulate it. It is easy to spot directories names “admin” or “login” as these are the most common and default names of directories. Use names that are different and keep them confidential. This is the easiest yet very effective hack that can help you secure your website.
Many websites implements very critical and complex security plugins and appoint third party protection systems but miss out on these small and easy hacks. Protecting your website need not always be a very critical process that always requires help from a third party. Some hacks mentioned above although very simple have proven to be very effective!
