Is my website susceptible to attacks?
If you have your own business that depends on a website and its hosting, the security of this is very important.After all, you don't want your website to be abused to carry out attacks, for example.
To prevent that, you need to take the right measures to protect your own website.In this blog post we will discuss some of the things you can do to protect your website.
Updates
One of the most important things you can do to keep your website safe is to download updates.Especially when you're using WordPress hosting, it's important that you keep everything up to date.
This has to do with the fact that most updates are updates that close security holes.If you do not perform updates for a longer period of time, the chance that your website will be abused will increase.
Not only should you update WordPress itself, but also your theme and plug-ins.The chance that your plug-ins are abused is greater than the chance that WordPress itself is abused.
It can take a lot of time to keep everything updated but fortunately this can also be done automatically.When you use Managed WordPress hosting everything is updated automatically.
This is of course very convenient if you have your own business because it can save you a lot of time.You don't have to invest time and energy to keep everything up to date.
Passwords
Accounts are often abused because the passwords are too easy.For example, "test123" or "welkom01" are among the most abused passwords.
It is also advisable not to use the same password everywhere.If this ever gets leaked then the password you use everywhere is immediately available.
We always use a random password generator for this, so you always have a strong password.This makes the chance that your website will be hacked much smaller because this is a random password.
Hide the admin page
You can often easily recognize WordPress websites by typing /wp-admin after the link.WordPress will take you to the admin page but did you know you can also hide it?
This makes it a lot harder for malicious users to perform brute force attacks on your website.They can't get to the admin page which makes this impossible.
The only thing you need to do is to use a plug-in like WPS hide login.You can then set your own link for your login page in the admin environment.
If you have any questions about this, you can always check if one of our employees is present at the chat.If no one is available you can send a ticket to our helpdesk.
