Follow These Key Tips for Securing Your Website

When running a website you will have a lot of different activities that you are responsible for. While most of your focus is going to be on generating contact and interacting with visitors, you also have to do everything possible to keep your site secure. If your website gets hacked or infected with malware, it could cause issues for the visitors to your page.

In some cases that means you could be legally held responsible for the damages that occur. Even if you aren’t legally responsible, however, the person infected will certainly lose trust in your site, which means you’ll have fewer visitors. In addition, if Google or any other search engine discovers that your site is not secure, they won’t rank you as well in the search engine results pages, which can be devastating for your traffic. Read through these proven tips to learn how to secure your website so your visitors are protected every time they type in your URL.

The security of your website will always start with choosing a web hosting provider that takes security seriously. The team here at Verpex knows that you are putting your trust in us, and will do everything possible to ensure your data, and the data of your visitors, is protected. The following are some common web hosting security issues to be aware of.

• Out of Date Operating Systems – Keeping the operating systems used to run websites up to date is the most important thing a hosting company can do. We offer automatic updates to ensure your site is running on the latest and safest systems.

• Poor Physical Security – The physical security at the data center where your website is housed is critical for keeping it safe. If someone who is unauthorized can enter the facility, they could gain access to the data, which is very dangerous.

• Slow Technical Support – People often don’t think of this as a security issue, but if your site is compromised, you need to be able to get technical assistance right away. The team here at Verpex will react fast no matter what type of issue you are having.

While most of your efforts related to site security will be focused on your hosting server, it is still important to keep your PC secured as well. Most problems that are found on a website can be traced back to the PC of one of the administrators. If you let your computer’s operating system get out of date it will be at serious risk of being infected with a virus or malware. When you connect to your website, that virus or malware may be programmed to upload itself to the web server. From there, it will attempt to further infect the visitors to your page. To prevent this type of thing from happening, always make sure to keep your operating system and all other software up to date on your computer.

Secure email hosting is another important thing to think about. Whether you are using a hosting company just for email hosting, or you run your website and email from the same place, it is critical to keep security in mind. Security-related to email should include things like automatically scanning all emails (inbound and outbound) for viruses and email. Using the latest versions of webmail clients is also extremely effective. Of course, all the same tips for general web hosting security will also apply when thinking about securing your email.

WordPress is by far the most common content management system on the Internet today. If you are using this CMS, you need to make sure you are following these highly recommended security tips:

• Update Software – As soon as WordPress releases an update, make sure to have it installed. If your site is hosted with us you can have these updates automatically installed so you don’t have to worry about a thing.

• Require Strong Passwords – WordPress allows you to set your own password requirements for yourself and any users. Requiring strong passwords is one of the most important things you can do to keep your site secure.

• Use Only Trusted Plugins and Themes – One of the best things about WordPress is that it has thousands of available plugins and themes to help add new features and options. Not all the plugins and themes on the net are safe, so make sure to use only those that have been shown to be safe.

Anyone who is starting a website of any type needs to make sure that they are serving as a responsible webmaster. One of the most important things that you can do is ensure your site is safe and secure at all times. To accomplish this goal, please partner with the team here at Verpex to help ensure your hosting is safe and you have the support you need should you run into any type of trouble.