It's almost 2019 and the cyber security threats are more aggressive than ever. We prepared a website security checklist that will guarantee you that your website is a safe place for your visitors. In order to make your website secure, you need to:
1) Use up to date software
Let's say that you have an ecommerce shop, one that uses WooCommerce or Magento. There are new software updates almost every two months. As a shop owner, you should try to update your website's software when there are new versions available, because the new changes may cover performance or security aspects, and these two will help you to have a better online store.
2) Use strong passwords and change them frequently
You should use passwords consisting of at least 8 characters. The password should contain: letters (uppercase and lowercase), numbers and special characters (such as: !@#$%^&*}{:"). We recommend you to update your passwords once in three months.
3) Create frequent backups, for both database and files
You should not rely on the hosting company, because there are a lot of cases when they have problems and your data is lost. That's why you should create backups at least once a week. You should backup both the files and the database.
4) Use SSL certificate
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a standard
security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a server
and a client - typically a web server (website) and a browser, or a mail
server and a mail client.
To show your visitors that your website is a safe place to navigate, you must use an SSL certificate. You can register free SSL certificates at Let's Encrypt:
https://letsencrypt.org/
5) You should allow restricted access to your users
You should create different access roles for your users. For example, Wordpress CMS has the following user roles: administrator, editor, author and simple registered user. You should deny access to critical website settings for users with lower roles.
6) If you want someone else to take care of your website security,
you should invest in a website security product, in case you're
interested, we can help by offering free website security services. Please visit the following page for more details: https://protectumus.com/signup
