We can lock down your website as strongly as possible, but you've still go to get in there and do things from time to time. Accordingly you must use yoru access responsibly and there is a lot you can do to help keep your site secure.
Control access
- Don't allow unauthorised people to access your hosting account or website admin areas. Keep access to these areas strictly controlled to people you know and trust.
- Create special accounts for temporary access and where possible restrict access only to areas these people need to use. Remove accounts when teh temporary need has passed.
- When employees or partners leave your business or contractors are finished their projects - change passwords.
Log out
- Log out of control panels and other secure access areas when you're finished
Use strong passwords
Strong passwords are very rarely compromised.
- 12 characters
- No dictionary words
- No names
- No birthdays
- Upper and lower case
- Digits
- Special characters
Use a security program on your computer
- Security software such as Norton 360, AVG, Avast provides anti-spam and anti-virus tools. They also provide anti keyboard logging and identity theft tools that will prevent people from stealing the access and identity details they need to log in to your accounts.
Think of website your website as your home and website security as your home security. No good having great security systems if you don't lock the doors, don't set the alarm or leave the windows open. You don't leave your security to the company that built your house, to your neighbours or yoru children. In spite of all the helpful tools and assistance you can get ultimately comes down you human behaviour and your teh responsibility you take for your situation.
WP-Guardian relieves you of the time consuming and technically detailed asects of web hosting account security. It is reassurring to know that your site is hardened, constantly kept yup to date and onitored agasint attack. Particulary that if attack does occur, action will be taken promptly to rescue your business website and email.
