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Website Security Testing Keeps Sites Safe

By Elisha Marty


In this age of affiliate marketing, more and more people are creating their own sites to market products. A website will definitely help you in getting more customers for your products. Your website also grabs the attraction of hackers to play around. So the website should be secure enough so that the data and other details linked to them are safe. We can see that hacks are possible in almost all the programming languages. Proper website security is a must.

Without much trouble, you can protect your site and your online identity. Out of different hacking methods, the most common type is the Cross site scripting (XSS). This can be carried out in various methods - DOM-based, stored or reflected.

But it's better to understand how we can secure websites from hacks than trying to figure out what these hacks are. Ensuring the validation of all the inputs to your site is the best way to protect your website. Inputs like page headers, cookies, query string, hidden fields used on forms and other forms fields should be validated. These inputs should be validated against expected input types and length. The input to the web forms should be HTML encrypted in-order to avoid any unwanted script elements.

There are many different types and levels of security which protects every part of the website. Anti- virus software, running your website over encrypted connections, verifies that your website is legal by displaying privacy policies and trust seals, having PCI scans performed at least quarterly. They are proactive about keeping your website current with the always changing world of technology. Initially, you should choose a web hosting provider that in careful about server security.

Here are some important points for you to make your website secure. Your files are important, so protect them with passwords. E-mail address has to be secured, e-mail addresses are not supposed to leave anywhere. Secure your source code, see if software patches are available and sign up for the updates. Add a robot.txt to your website. For the uploaded files, check the permissions you have set. Check for old and unwanted files and delete them. Know your server and secure it with an updated antivirus. Don't forget to take proper steps in website security.




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