Why You Need Website Protection And Security
The growth of the internet has provided website owners with unique business opportunities. Unfortunately, that growth also attracts those who want to steal your website files or cause malicious damage to your website. I’d like to show you why you need Website Protection and Security.
The following are some provoking Headline Article extracts:
There are literally over 4 million computers on the Internet which are infected with some type of ‘bot’ and don’t even realize it. A ‘bot’ is a type of malware which allows an attacker to gain complete remote control over the affected computer.
—Symantec Internet Security
I don’t mean to sound alarmist but half a million hacked websites? Is that how many there are? In other words if users hit any of 500,000 sites using IE they will likely be infected? Talk about an electronic pandemic. This is a major problem and very scary.
—Rich Tehrani : IP Communications Industry Expert
Extortion of “protection money” from online businesses is both wide-spread, and far-reaching. Countries involved in one form or another include the United States, Britain, Russia, Latvia, Costa Rica, and Australia, to name a few. The extortionists threaten to “bring the online buisiness operation to its knees”, if the protection money is not paid.
—L.A. Times
When Asked, Most Website Owners Stated That Their Website And Data Was Safe From Hackers.
Over 73% Were Wrong!
The following are more Headline Article extracts that should have you seariously thinking about your website protection and security:
The Web sites of several major companies have fallen victim to IFRAME injection attacks thereby placing customers at risk andnrevealing a huge lack of adequate application security.
—Dancho Danchev : Security Consultant
The Mal/Iframe-N appears to be the latest malicious iframe injection attack on websites. Detections are now into the thousands of websites affected by this threat. Some of the sites hit are also well known.
—SophosLabs
Web security company Cenzic released a report detailing trends and numbers related to Web security for the first and second quarters of 2009. Among the most serious vulnerabilities were path traversal (folder listing), cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery and SQL injection.
A report by security company Whitehat Security has indicated that:
- 63% of assessed websites currently have issues of HIGH, CRITICAL, or URGENT severity
- Websites currently average 6 open vulnerabilities
A report by The Web Application Security Consortium (WASC) showed that for about 12186 sites tested, 97554 vulnerabilities were detected. The analysis showed that:
- more than 13% of all reviewed sites could be compromised completely automatically
- about 49% of web applications contain vulnerabilities of high risk level (Urgent and Critical)
If your website becomes a victim of a hacking attack, your website could be blacklisted by Google and other Search Engines. The link to your website will also be labelled with “This site may harm your computer.” Your website will be considered as a harmful website. Not only will this stop all traffic to your website, but often no warning or notification from Google is sent to you that you have been blacklisted. Stopping all traffic to your website means thousands of dollars in lost revenue that you may never see again.
Website protection and security comes in many forms. Consider the following Headline Article extract:
If I were to choose the most important lesson for entrepreneurs, it clearly would be this: Back up your data. Critical tomrecovery is gaining access to your business records. Yet, roughly 60 percent of small businesses and nearly 70 percent of home-based computer users fail to back up data regularly, according to research firm IDC.
—Ronda Abrams: Gannett News Service
Backing up your website is one of the most critical tasks that most people fail to do. Do not rely on your web hosting company to do this for you. In fact, they normally stipulate that they are not responsible for the loss or damage to your website under any circumstances. It is your responsibility to do this on a continuous basis. If your Web Hosting company has a server crash, or your website becomes completely compromised, you may have to rebuild your website from scratch, which will cost you valuable time and money. In some cases you may not even be able to recover your website, which could cost you the loss of your complete on-line business. Along with your website, you also need to backup your databases. A database could store all your customer information so that if you were to lose it, it would be very difficult, if not impossible to duplicate.
For more information on website protection and security, please visit:
http://www.websiteprotection.net
Website security and monitoring is a vital part of the success of your online business. Making it a priority is crucial for your website file and data protection. Understanding and taking the steps to properly implement website security practices can mean increased sales and more business opportunities.
Do not put your online business in serious jeopardy. Everything you have worked for could be wiped out in a matter of seconds.
