The Nitty Gritty of Website Security

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The Nitty Gritty of Website Security
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Table of Contents

• Website
• Website Security
• Major Threats to Web Security
• Website Securitys Protection (for Websites)

• Website Securitys Protection (for Visitors)
• Efficient Website Security Plans Features
• Major Measures for Website Security
• Conclusion

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Website

• A website refers to a collection of related web
  pages and content which exists under a single
  domain name. It is identifiable by a common
  domain name. The World Wide Web (www) is formed
  by all those websites collectively that can be
  accessed publicly via the Internet.
• Every website is hosted with a web hosting
  company that makes available the server space,
  services and technologies that are required for
  the purpose of keeping a website up and running
  and accessible over the Internet. The best among
  these web hosting companies are often referred to
  as the Best Windows Hosting Company or as the
  Best Linux Hosting Company or as the Top Cloud
  Hosting Company.

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Website Security

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• Web security, which is also referred to as
  cybersecurity, is meant to protect websites and
  web applications by ensuring timely and proper
  detection as well as prevention of cyber threats,
  along with developing and following an
  effectively designed response mechanism to deal
  with cyber threats. It is aimed at protecting
  websites as well as web application from being
  hacked and preventing unauthorized access to
  these.
• Any website or application that is deemed as
  secure, uses different types of checkpoints and
  techniques to ensure its safety.

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Major
Threats to Web Security

• The top security threats for all web-based
  services are mentioned below, in no particular
  order.
• Password breach
• Data breach
• Cross-site scripting
• SQL injection
• Code injection
• Remote file inclusion

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Website Securitys Protection (for
Websites)
Measures related to website security ensure the
protection of a website against the
following- DDoS (distributed denial-of-service)
attacks- These attacks are harmful as these can
slow or even crash a site entirely, rendering it
inaccessible to visitors. Malware- A malware is
capable of stealing sensitive data, distributing
spam, allowing cybercriminals to access a site
and carrying out many more dangerous
activities. Blacklisting- Detection of malware on
a site by search engines, might result in the
sites removal from search engine results and it
being flagged. Vulnerability exploits- A site and
the data stored on it can be accessed by
cybercriminals by exploiting vulnerabilities,
such as an outdated plugin. Defacement- This
attack poses a serious threat as it replaces a
websites content with the malicious content of a
cybercriminal. In the context of websites, every
website that is accessible over the Internet is
hosted with some web hosting company. Any web
host that has been providing excellent service in
the field of hosting, has gained the reputation
of being the Best Windows Hosting Company or
the Best Linux Hosting Company or the Top
Cloud Hosting Company.
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Website Securitys Protection
(for Visitors)
Website security protects the visitors of a
website from the following- Data theft-
Customers data, such as payment information,
that is stored on a site is a prime target of
cybercriminals. Phishing schemes. Phishing
attacks often take place through web pages that
look legitimate but are designed with the aim of
tricking users into providing confidential
information. Session hijacking. Cyberattacks can
take over a users session, forcing unwanted
actions on a website. Malicious redirects.
Certain cyberattacks are meant to redirect site
visitors from the site they intended to visit to
a website that is malicious. SEO Spam. It is used
to drive traffic to malicious websites.
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Efficient Website Security Plans
Features
To be effective, a website security plan must
ensure to include the following features- Site
Seal Web Application Firewall (WAF) Malware
scan Manual malware and hack removal Security
monitoring File change monitoring Blacklist/spam
monitoring Website Malware removal Blacklist
removal Content Delivery Network (CDN) Advanced
DDoS mitigation
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Major Measures for Website Security
The main protective measures that contribute to a
websites security are mentioned below- SSL
Certificate Web Application Firewall A Website
Scanner Software Updates
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Conclusion
Website security assumes paramount importance
with more and more people using the Internet for
various purposes, which increases the amount of
vulnerabilities that can be exploited as well as
the associated risks. Reports suggests that a
little over half of the entire Internet traffic
originates from automated sources, such as
spammers, hacking tools, bots and impersonators.
The threat to the security of ones site, its
contents as well as ones confidential and
sensitive information has increased significantly
and is continuously increasing. Hence, website
security becomes vital as it is geared towards
ensuring the security of websites and web
applications.
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