5 Best Way to Prevent Hackers
These days if you’re running a website then you need to know how to prevent hacker attacks. The good news is that this is a lot more about common sense, robust processes, and some affordable tools than it is about in-depth technical knowledge and expensive security suites. Here is what you need to know.
How to prevent hacker attacks
If you are looking at how to prevent hacker attacks on your website, there are five key areas you need to address. These are as follows. Put the right foundations in place. Build security into the design of your website. Invest in robust anti-malware tools. Actively manage the software you use. Keep your internal users to a minimum.
Put the right foundations in place
Before you can start building your website, you need a domain, a host, and a content management system. You may also need some third-party add-ons e.g. WordPress themes. When you are putting these together, keep security in mind at all times.
For example, when you choose your domain, make sure you activate any privacy options. When you choose your host, check out their track record on security. Then look through their range of hosting options and make sure you are clear on what they mean for security. Choose a well-supported, well-respected CMS, and do your research on any third-party add-ons before you install them.
Build security into the design of your website
These days, when you are creating (or redeveloping) a website, your order of priorities needs to be security, then functionality, then appearance. The good news is that it is perfectly possible to build secure websites that function well and look appealing. If, however, you are in a situation where you have to decide priorities, then security always comes first, no exceptions.
Invest in robust anti-malware tools
As previously mentioned, for the most part, security is about applying common sense and creating robust processes rather than about buying expensive security solutions. There are, however, some security tools that are worth the money and robust anti-malware products definitely come into this category.
You want a website vulnerability scanner for your website itself. Different products will have different capabilities but the core of any robust website vulnerability scanner will be a robust anti-malware scanner and a web applications firewall.
You also need an anti-malware product, with an integrated firewall, for any devices you use to connect to the back-end of your website (really all devices should be protected). There’s no point in spending a lot of time and energy working out how to prevent hacker attacks on your website if hackers can just get the necessary login details from your local devices.
Actively manage the software you use
Keeping your CMS updated is only the start (although it’s a very good start). You will, however, probably find that third-party add-ons are your real security challenge. One of the major attractions of the open-source CMS systems is that they are massively customizable thanks to the huge range of third-party extensions available for them. Many of these extensions are available for free.
You can get some great free extensions, but you can also get some really bad ones. Some of these are created with malicious intent, others are just so badly written that they are a security threat. Some were good in the past, but have since been abandoned by their developers or development community and have subsequently become outdated and therefore a security risk.
It’s therefore vital that you actively manage the software you use. Make sure that any third-party add-ons serve a genuine need or want and remove them promptly if they cease to serve an active purpose. Also, remove them promptly if they cease to be supported by their developers or development community.
Always work on the basis that if an extension is worth using, it’s worth updating promptly. Out-of-date extensions are a major security hazard and practically invite hacker attacks.
Keep your internal users to a minimum
Work out the tasks which need to be performed on your website and what level of access is required to perform each task. Then work out how many users you need to make this happen, taking into account the fact that you will need cover for staff absences.
Sometimes this is going to mean looking at business processes and adjusting them to improve security. For example, if you have a team of people all updating your website, see if it’s possible to have all updates channeled through one or two people instead.
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