It's almost 2021 and the cyber security threats are more aggressive than ever. We prepared a website security checklist that will guarantee you that your website is a safe place for your visitors. In order to make your website secure, you need to:
- Use up to date software
- Use strong passwords and change them frequently
- Create frequent backups, for both database and files
- Use SSL certificate
- You should allow restricted access to your users
- Prevent SPAM - Use captcha and honeypots on your website forms
- If you want someone else to take care of your website security, you should invest in a website security software, in case you're interested, Protectumus can help by offering free website security services. Please visit the following page for more details: https://protectumus.com/signup
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How often should we change the passwords? Can you recommend me a software that creates backups for both files and database?
Thanks.
I believe that you should update your passwords every 3 months.
As Zen said earlyer, 3 months is a great period of time to reset your passwords. Also please use passwords with at least 8 characters length, that contain letters, numbers and also special characters.