Data Safety Instructions For Website Owners

The old saying “prevention is better than cure” certainly applies to data privacy. A small piece of harmful code uploaded to your site can cause immense damage, from the opening of a pop-up window to a password or session being stolen and complete system compromise. As part of your security measures for data it is important to define the frequency and duration at which your system scans for this type of malicious code and also what security measures are in place to mitigate the risk.

Update your software or scripts that you employ on your website regularly. Hackers are targeting security flaws in the popular web software and a lack of timely updates makes your basics system vulnerable. Additionally, you must restrict access to databases or networks to the smallest number of individuals necessary to perform their duties.

Make a plan to address any possible breaches. You should assign a staff member to oversee the process. Based on the nature of your business, you might need to inform customers, law enforcement, and credit bureaus. This is a major procedure that should be planned for well in advance.

Set up strong password requirements for consumer accounts. Ensure that you have a good method of storing passwords including the use of upper and lowercase numerals, letters, and special characters or using salt or hash functions that are slow. Avoid storing unnecessary user information, and when you do, lower the risk by encryption the data or the deletion of it after a set period of time.