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.
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 accross 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.
- Always restrict the web-user access to readonly 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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