{"id":1677,"date":"2020-09-08T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T02:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2022-09-25T00:38:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:38:13","slug":"some-important-things-to-consider-when-securing-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/blog\/tip-sharing\/some-important-things-to-consider-when-securing-your-website","title":{"rendered":"Some important things to consider when securing your website"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s easy to think securing your website is a low priority because it has nothing worth hacking. Even if that\u2019s true and it probably isn\u2019t, consider a few things. For one, you have a website because you want people to find you online, right? And two, a hacker could be using your domain for any number of reasons, from rerouting spam messages to serving up illegal files.\u00a0If you\u2019re wondering what you can do to make sure that your business doesn\u2019t become a target for hackers, here are some tips to secure your website.<\/p>

Securing your website means everything stays updated<\/strong><\/h3>

With WordPress, to name one platform, updates constantly come out for the plugins and widgets that comprise your site. This isn\u2019t just because developers are adding new features. It\u2019s important to realize the vast majority are patching some sort of security vulnerability that has become common knowledge.<\/p>

If you\u2019re running a site on your own server, patching goes double for the OS and other systems that you depend upon. Many developers use tools to track their software dependencies because it\u2019s easy to miss a patch on something you\u2019re not paying attention to, but actually depend on quite a lot. Using industry resources or tools to notify when new security vulnerabilities are announced is a good way to make sure stay in the loop, even if you only update the website once a month.<\/p>

Get strict about access<\/strong><\/h3>

Even if you don\u2019t use the information, you need to spend time looking at who has user access to your site and what the login information looks like. Depending on how you\u2019re securing your website, there might be some default usernames and passwords you need to change. Hackers often use bots to automatically crawl the web trying the most commonly used username and password combinations.<\/p>

If you have a business network, make sure users aren\u2019t inadvertently propping open the door for an attacker with weak logins or other poor security practices. Change passwords regularly, and never write them down. Set logins to expire after a reasonable amount of time, and make sure to regularly audit who has credentials, especially when people are transitioning in and out of your organization.<\/p>

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Beware of information leakage<\/strong><\/h3>

A great thing about the web is that you can peek at the source code for anything that you\u2019re looking at. If you like something you come across, it\u2019s usually a pretty simple task to use your browser\u2019s developer tools to find out how it was implemented, or what plugin they\u2019re using to make it work that way, and then steal it for your own site.<\/p>

You need to be careful about what\u2019s publicly available. It\u2019s common for developers to insert comments to help them understand how different parts of their code work when they come back to it later or make it easier for another programmer to do the same.<\/p>

When you publish new code, make sure that you take time to double check that any compromising comments are removed from the public version. It\u2019s a step in securing your website that can often get overlooked.<\/p>

Adopting a security mindset<\/strong><\/h3>

Attacks on websites are as diverse as the web itself, so it\u2019s hard to cover every risk you might face in one article.<\/p>

Most vulnerabilities exist because you don\u2019t know about them, whether that\u2019s a new update for a plugin or old login credentials lying dormant on your network. You might not be a security expert but taking responsibility and doing what you can will make you more resilient and contribute to securing your website over the long haul.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0It\u2019s easy to think securing your website is a low priority because it has nothing worth hacking. Even if that\u2019s true and it probably isn\u2019t, consider a few things. For one, you have a website because you want people to find you online, right? And two, a hacker could be using your domain for any …<\/p>\n

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