You may have seen in the news over the past year or so how a small band of Somali pirates can hijack the biggest ships on the open sea!\u00a0 If you own a ship your first rule ought to be \u201cDo NOT sail near Somalia!\u201d\u00a0 So, you own a business and you rely on a web hosting service.\u00a0 Is your business anywhere near Somalia at the moment?\u00a0 Actually there are probably a lot more computer hackers than there are pirates and these computer hackers will find you no matter where you are!<\/p>\n
The real question should be:\u00a0 Is your website secure from hackers?<\/p>\n
Take Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n The answer to the question above is probably \u201cyes, but only for the moment!\u201d\u00a0 It is the eternal battle of good vs. evil.\u00a0 As the anti-virus movement gets more secure, the hacker nation gets smarter.\u00a0 A lot of times the thief teaches the cops a thing or two.\u00a0 It goes without saying you should be as prepared as possible.\u00a0 One of the first steps you can take is to identify the most vulnerable areas of your website.\u00a0 For example, if your operating system\u2019s default parameters were not changed by the system administrator upon installation this may be an open invitation to an attack.\u00a0 Take steps to ensure that proper password etiquette is always used among the many users involved in your enterprise.\u00a0 You can use a password generator that produces completely random letters and numbers for passwords and have a scheduled password change every 45 days or so.<\/p>\n Email etiquette is just as important.\u00a0 Emails that request information should be scrutinized.\u00a0 The best way to identify a fake email that is asking for a password (one that mimics every aspect of a real email) is to look at and recognize the URL of your web hosting login page before replying.\u00a0 Most web hosts provide a firewall for protection, be sure your web hosting company offers you some type of access or authority to configure this firewall.<\/p>\n Information<\/strong><\/p>\n If the captain of a ship hears on the radio that there may be pirates in the area he most likely will alter course promptly.\u00a0 This is very valuable information.\u00a0 Software patches and updates are very valuable information.\u00a0 Not only do you need to know what updates and patches are needed to keep your web site protected you need to when they are available.\u00a0 In the digital security market there are information services whose primary function is to track the latest software vulnerabilities and provide you with the latest information on updates and patches for these vulnerabilities.\u00a0 These services also provide key statistics such as the severity of the virus or hole, the potential impact, the programs it affects, protection guidelines, and any archived news about the particular virus or breach.<\/p>\n As your business continues to move forward there are always ways to improve and grow your ability to fend off computer hackers.\u00a0\u00a0 Pick and choose the ones that fit your budget and your business and you just might find smooth sailing ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You may have seen in the news over the past year or so how a small band of Somali pirates can hijack the biggest ships on the open sea!\u00a0 If…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2409,17,92,321,2288,102,2290,2291],"class_list":["post-1291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security-issues","tag-antivirus","tag-email","tag-firewall","tag-hackers","tag-password-etiquette","tag-security","tag-software-patch","tag-software-update"],"views":126,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}