{"id":14639,"date":"2022-05-30T05:51:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T04:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theemailshop.co.uk\/?p=14639"},"modified":"2022-06-27T10:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T09:23:49","slug":"website-security-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theemailshop.co.uk\/website-security-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Website Security Checklist: Secure Website From Malware and Spam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s not a surprise that security has become an important concern for web developers and website owners. As the internet grew in popularity and became the go-to method of communication, information, and trading thus website security checks are essential to hindering the spread of malware and spam. In this article, we will discuss some of the security checks to avoid malware, spam, and intruders from getting into the website.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Install and check SSL Certificate<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An SSL certificate is an important security action for any website because they secure the website information and allows secure connections online. Website owners must check the status of their <a href=\"https:\/\/theemailshop.co.uk\/top-reasons-you-need-to-buy-ssl-certificate-uk\/\">SSL certificate<\/a> and update it regularly.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Prevent Brute Force Attacks<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brute force attacks can be equivalent to DDoS attacks, but the aim is to assume an admin password and break into the website. Following measures can be adopted to avoid Brute Force Attacks. That said, these can slow your site down as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using Firewall<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enable two-step authentication on the admin account.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give access to privileged accounts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change the URL of the Admin account and set the limit of login attempts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\">Update Password Regularly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Defend against SQL injection<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most databases are managed by SQL and\u00a0 SQL injection is the common hack to intrude the websites. It involves hackers attaching their own SQL code and inject in the database to get access to sensitive data. Website databases that are victims of this type of attack are not able to tell the distinction between normal SQL requests and hacker requests. This security threat can be avoided by using :<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon\u2019s (AWS) shield<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SQL injection countermeasures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Filtering website\u2019s user input.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Use Trusted Payment platforms<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website wonders should use reliable and trusted online payment platforms to avoid their payments being managed or going into the fraudulent accounts and platforms respectively. Processing credit or debit cards, web payments, or PayPal payments, should be done from reliable services such as Stripe and Paypal. They provide secure payment methods.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Backup Data<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data on the websites and servers are very important to the owners and its loss can have devastating effects. Whatever the reason for data loss either an attack or system failure, having backup data is the best solution to save the data. Most <a href=\"https:\/\/theemailshop.co.uk\/web-hosting-uk\/\">web hosting<\/a> providers provide reliable cloud storages in which users can upload their data. To avoid data loss and keep the server or website running it is highly recommended to back up data regularly.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Put Authentication on important pages<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping admin credentials away from the hands of hackers and intruders is another essential method to ensure website security.\u00a0 Thus important pages must have authentication so that only authentic access can visit them. Another approach is to ensure that website has a feature or plug-in that protects individual pages and folders with passwords. This will give privilege control to people who are allowed to access the pages and make changes.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>You Might Also Like to Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theemailshop.co.uk\/7-reasons-to-avoid-cheap-web-hosting\/\">7 Reasons to Avoid Cheap Web Hosting<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><b>Defend against XSS cross-site scripting<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another trick that hackers use to harm web applications and websites is using XSS cross-site scripting. This pushes bad code into websites, where it can be passed onto visitors&#8217; browsers and capture their data and private information. These sorts of attacks manipulate different vulnerabilities in a website Moreover, it is challenging to protect websites from XSS attacks. The best precaution a website owner can take is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use a web application firewall (WAF) to scan the website\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Filter HTML inputs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using Amazon Web Service\u2019s (AWS) Shield.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Use HTTP\/2<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HTTP\/2 allows for secure information transmission without encryption. It reduces the amount of time that is swapped between the server and client. Data requests have multiple lanes in a TCP connection,\u00a0 which speeds up the transmission of the data. Moreover, It automatically enables HTTPS and gives the website a boost in SEO. Webflow has integrated HTTP\/2\u00a0 already, which provides websites with both speed and security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website security is the most important thing to website owners. If a website gets hacked it can end<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0up the business, disturb SEO, noxious data loss, lose the trust of visitors, and hackers leave security holes through which they can always come back. The website owner doesn&#8217;t have to be a professional developer to take extra steps to secure the website. Website security starts with proper website security checks that are discussed above which can be performed by anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For Discount and Offers Visit our Official\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheEmailShopUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not a surprise that security has become an important concern for web developers and website owners. As the internet grew in popularity and became the go-to method of communication, information, and trading thus website security checks are essential to hindering the spread of malware and spam. 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