A website represents your company’s brand, and WordPress is a popular content management system used by 43% of companies worldwide. Its free, open-source capabilities draw users but also cybercriminals. How do you maximize your use of WordPress while remaining secure? Read on to learn about how to protect your website and keep it available for your company and its customers.
Develop Threat Awareness
WordPress is a great content management system, unprotected it is enticing to cybercriminals. If your site is compromised and distributing malware, it can also be blocked by prominent search engines like Google. WordPress is an open source content management system that provides a wide range of features and functions through plugins. Keeping WordPress and plugins up to date protects your website from compromise and avoids any unplanned downtime or reputational loss.
Hackers can enact brute-force attacks on websites or clutter your website with fake traffic. The good news? You can use a variety of security tools and safeguards to protect your website. While these tools are commercially available, the responsibility lies with the website owner or webmaster to properly configure and deploy them.
How to Protect Your Website
Various measures exist to protect your company’s website – Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Web Application Firewall (WAF), and Multi-Factor Authentication(MFA), to name a few. All these tools are a necessity in today’s world:
Secure Socket Layer (SSL): Moving your website to a secure socket layer provides an extra level of security by encrypting traffic between a user and a web server. If the information is intercepted, it cannot be read. When customers go on an SSL-protected website and see the https:// as well as the padlock icon, they can rest easy knowing the site is secure. SSL is a core requirement for any business website.
Web Application Firewall: Web application firewalls (WAF) serve to filter and monitor traffic between a web application and the Internet. WAF solutions, such as Cloudflare can protect your website from an embarrassing Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack.
Multi-factor Authentication: sometimes called two-factor authentication, this is a way to verify that a user is legitimate by having them enter a password and then a code or biometric. Ensure your WordPress has the appropriate plug-ins to offer this protection.
WordPress is compatible with a range of security tools designed to keep your website safe, but you or your website manager are still responsible for making the most of these features. If you are concerned about your website security or to learn more, contact ClikCloud today.