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How to Protect Your Website from Hacking

It is important to keep websites secure to safeguard company and client data and also prevent blacklisting by Google and even the website host. While there is much that can be done for web security, some steps are listed below.

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How to Protect Your Website from Hacking

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  1. Protect Your Website from Hacking Websites are the digital front of a business and can be visited by thousands of people every day. This makes them an attractive target for hackers who are looking to break into servers to steal business or client information, or just to create mischief or make a point according to some agenda. If a website has been hacked, repairing it is a time-consuming and expensive operation which may or may not succeed because hackers could create backdoors in different places while they have the access. Hackers are sifting through thousands of sites every hour and they’re a well-connected group so if one hacker manages to find a way in, many others will too within a very short time.Website optimization services It is important to keep websites secure to safeguard company and client data and also prevent blacklisting by Google and even the website host. While there is much that can be done for web security, some steps are listed below.

  2. Keep software up to date This is the first, most basic and most important step to keeping a website safe. Software companies regularly announce updates to their platform and all users should pay immediate attention to notifications regarding the same, especially if they are related to security. A delayed update to software means it is vulnerable to hackers who will lose no time in breaking in and possibly wreaking havoc with your website. Web security tools Once your website is live, it is important to test the security of the site with the help of webs security tools. There are free and paid versions of these tools, most of them very effective. These tools use methods hackers would to test for any loopholes or weaknesses that can leave the site vulnerable to attack. While these tools can prevent a nerve-rackingly long list of problems, you can decide which problem is high priority and which ones can be fixed after the more urgent problems are resolved. Error messages Errors happen. The best thing to do is fix the error and move on. However, at times the error message displayed can reveal more information that is needed, which a hacker can use to break into the site. Make sure any error messages that show when your website is experiencing a problem gives away the least possible amount of information.

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