{"id":14526,"date":"2022-06-17T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/sg\/?p=14526"},"modified":"2023-02-28T20:46:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T12:46:47","slug":"keeping-your-website-secure-here-are-the-10-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/sg\/blog\/security\/keeping-your-website-secure-here-are-the-10-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Your Website Secure: Here are the 10 Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, organisations scrambled to start digitising their operations to ensure continuity. The change saw a massive shift to the cloud, everything from communicating with colleagues to food deliveries was done online. Even companies that withheld their plans to migrate to the cloud were forced to adapt or risk business closure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two years later, businesses have so far been relishing the advantages of going online. And who would blame them? It\u2019s efficient, cost-effective, and, when done right, provides higher profitability.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, going online is a double-edged sword. Once you hit that publish button, you basically leave fodder for cybercriminals looking to threaten or steal your website data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To prevent that from happening to you, we\u2019ll explore ways to protect your site. From partnering with a secure website hosting service<\/a><\/span> to running data backups \u2014 here are ten tips to improve your website security.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cybercrime by the Numbers: Why It Shouldn\u2019t Be Overlooked<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Google\u00a0 <\/span>\u201chow many websites are hacked every day\u201d<\/span><\/i> and you\u2019ll see that the number averages 30,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

And the most alarming thing is that these resources point back to a <\/span>2013 Forbes article<\/a>. It\u2019s 2022 now, and it\u2019s almost impossible to gauge how much cybercrime has grown!<\/span><\/p>\n

And this isn\u2019t just a problem faced by large enterprises;, cybercriminals target smaller-scale businesses too.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their reasons are simple, small business websites tend to have lower levels of protection and little to zero security policies. Unfortunately, these factors make them easy targets for hackers.<\/span><\/p>\n

How Does Getting Hacked Affect Your Business?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Hackers use various methods to infiltrate a website. It can be a DDoS attack, phishing, brute force attack<\/a>, SQL injection, etc. Regardless, a successful attack injects malicious code into your website, leaving your entire database vulnerable to hackers, including customer data and passwords.<\/span><\/p>\n

So it\u2019s no surprise that a single hacking incident is enough to weigh an entire business down. Some consequences businesses endure include but are not limited to:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n