It is much the same as with a shop in the street. There are a variety of different vulnerabilities that can be facing your website security every day. Your website needs to be kept up to date and ready to defend against hackers. Hackers are often one step ahead of even the best security solutions but there are ways to minimise their effectiveness.
Every website needs to be ready to face DDoS and Brute Force attacks, Malware, Adware, Spyware, Ransomware, SQL injection attacks, Hijacking, Cross-Site scripting to name just a few.
In the event of your website coming under attack, some of the following common issues may occur:
- Lower Website Performance
- Lower SEO Rankings
- Security Warning Pop-Ups
- Broken Website Functionality
- Potential Loss of Control of Website (Credentials Changed)
- Loss of Sensitive Data
- Web Hosting Turned
- Suspicious Adverts Appear
- Decreased Traffic / Reduced Sales
The most important defense against all the above is prevention. Preventative measures put in place at the early stages of site development will ensure a favourable beginning. A summary of the preventative measures we put in place are as below:
- The website needs to be designed and developed with an emphasis to use up-to-date Technologies and needs the possibility to easily update the: core, scripts, plugins, and themes.
- The website needs to be equipped with: firewall, anti-malware, brute force attack protection and needs to be constantly monitored to be ready to react as soon as possible in the case the website is attacked.
- There is also a need to set up the web hosting to meet the basic requirements of your website and the security settings offered by the provider.
- An often-forgotten vulnerability is the owners of the websites themselves, employers, and registered visitors. Weak passwords and passwords used for multiple accounts is a tremendous weakness that is an east exploit for hackers.
If you have any concerns about the: security of your website, sensitive data of your company or your customers, or you currently do not carry out any regular security updates and checks of your website, please feel free to contact us.
We can scan your website for vulnerability and give you a report of what is needed to do to have the website as safe as possible.
