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How to Check Website Safety

Here are 5 simple ways to ensure a website safety check by verifying its reputation. Learn more at: https://www.webinspector.com/blog/website-scanner/website-safety-check/

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How to Check Website Safety

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  1. How to Check Website Safety

  2. Introduction Checking website safety is of the utmost importance. Although you may think your website is safe, certain vulnerabilities can leave you and your users exposed, and it is possible that your website has already been hacked without you even realizing it.

  3. How to Perform a Website Safety Check? A good starting point is to run a website security scan from a trusted vendor to check for vulnerabilities or breaches. Webinspector offers a deep-dive website security scan to check for any issues that may cause your website to be considered unsafe. You will receive a report of any issues or potential issues discovered, and tips for how to fix them.

  4. 5 Simple Ways to Check your Website Safety Enable HTTPS Disable/Remove Unnecessary Plugins Backup Files Manage File Integrity Change Username and passwords

  5. Enable HTTP The “S” in HTTPS stands for “secure.” It is a Secure Socket Layer, which encrypts transactions between a browser and the server. Disable/Remove Unnecessary Plugins If your website has plugins that are old or no longer in use, make sure to remove or disable them. Outdated plugins can have vulnerabilities that allow hackers to use them to infect your website with malware.

  6. Backup Files Think about the consequences of a data breach on your website. All your data and your customer’s data would be stolen and destroyed, and your website could be inoperational for an extended period of time. Manage File Integrity All the files in your website serve a purpose and therefore are critical to its uptime. Hackers target certain vulnerabilities in any one of your files. Consistently running safety checks and analyses on the integrity of those files is critical in ensuring the overall safety of your entire website.

  7. Change Username and Passwords To protect your website from brute force attacks, you should always change your username to something other than the generic admin username given when you initial create your account. Likewise for passwords. Make sure to use complex passwords that will be difficult to guess during a brute force attack. Random, auto-generated passwords are often a good option.

  8. Thank You

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