Online security is becoming more and more
important in a world increasingly dependant on
technology. In fact the vast majority of life in
developed countries is now heavily reliant on computers
and their networks. This reliance puts an increased
importance on the risk factor associated with online
transactions. All of this makes keeping your website
secure an essential part of any business plan.
If your online business was to be closed
down due to an attack on your website, how would your
company be affected?
Does your business have in place
procedures to deal with this type of situation?
What Can You Do?
There are several things that a
website owner can do to help protect their business and
of course their customers data. This obviously starts
with good programming practices being used across the
website, no matter how big or small the site, (from
acorns, do great oaks grow).
It is a lot easier to exercise good
security practices during the websites creation than it
is to secure a large website built with-out.
• Do not
grant unnecessary access to database tables.
• Where possible, always
restrict the web-user access to read-only for website
applications.
• Ensure all server patches
and anti-virus are up to date.
• Do not pass any data to
the database unchecked.
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