{"id":10797,"date":"2022-04-15T01:01:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T06:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/?p=10797"},"modified":"2022-06-30T09:28:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:28:54","slug":"why-website-security-matters-to-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/why-website-security-matters-to-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Website Security Matters to Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10798\" src=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cybersecurity-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cybersecurity-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cybersecurity.png 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>One critical component that business owners often neglect is website security. Cyberattacks are more common than you think, and they are costly to clean up. In addition, they damage a brand\u2019s reputation and make visitors think twice before coming back.<\/p>\n<h2>Reasons to Secure Your Site<\/h2>\n<p>Website security implies actions you can take to ensure that your data isn\u2019t up for grabs by cybercriminals. It also prevents any exploitation of your site by the following means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">DDoS Attacks<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Malware<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Blacklisting<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Exploitation of Weak Points<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Defacement<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Data Theft<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Phishing<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Hijacks<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Malicious Redirects<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">SEO Spam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to Secure Your Website<\/h2>\n<p>Protecting yourself as well as your visitors is vital. Thankfully, there are steps you can take to secure your website. What are the basic principles? Read on to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SSL Certification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By obtaining and installing an SSL certificate on your site, you\u2019re ensuring that sensitive information such as email addresses and credit card numbers are kept private. An insecure site is suspicious to visitors and will deter them from venturing in.\u00a0 Adding a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickssl.net\/digicert-ssl-certificates\">DigiCert SSL<\/a> makes the site secure and legitimate upon which visitors can put complete trust.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web Application Firewall (WAF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s very common for smaller websites to be targets of malicious bots. These automated attacks look for vulnerabilities to exploit. They also drive DDoS attacks to slow or crash sites. Therefore, it\u2019s vital to install a WAF to prevent these problems from occurring.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website Security Scanner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To maintain <a href=\"https:\/\/linko.app\/\">site health<\/a>, perform regular scans to search for malware, vulnerabilities, and other security holes. It\u2019s crucial to mitigate any risks before they cause severe problems. These scan utilities will report any threats for you to act on right away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Software Updates and Security Patches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you run your site on a CMS like WordPress or Joomla, you\u2019re at a higher risk of compromise. That\u2019s why it\u2019s extremely important to install updates and security patches when they are available. To reduce your workload and save time, opt for automatic installations.<\/p>\n<h2>Don\u2019t Let Your Site Fall Into the Wrong Hands<\/h2>\n<p>By taking the steps outlined above, malicious hackers will steer clear from your website. Maintaining site health and security isn\u2019t brain surgery, but it does require constant effort on your end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One critical component that business owners often neglect is website security. Cyberattacks are more common than you think, and they are costly to clean up. In addition, they damage a brand\u2019s reputation and make visitors think twice before coming back. Reasons to Secure Your Site Website security implies actions you can take to ensure that&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/why-website-security-matters-to-your-business\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why Website Security Matters to Your Business<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":10798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11308,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10797\/revisions\/11308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}