Creating a secure website

If you are gathering information on your website, whether it be names and email addresses or card details, you need to ensure that you offer your customers a certain level of security. This is often done by the programmer when the site is being built. Programming should not be taken lightly and needs to be secure in all aspects to ensure that your data is protected and that your website offers protection against hackers.

One of the main issues arise when a programmer create a checkout process or form submission that is not built in the way it should. This can leave the process open to hackers who will be able to access the information that is being passed through to third parties (such as PayPal0 or stored in a database.

Password security is vital and making sure that your customers chose secure passwords for their account on your website should also be enforced. This is why many websites will ask you to make your password using a mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers and letters and even symbols.

Using the latest techniques that have been tried and tested can help with the over security of your website and ensuring that you have a regular backup can help fix any issues that arise quickly.