Data Safety Instructions For Website Owners
Privacy of data is a situation where the old saying “prevention is better then cure” is certainly true. A small amount of harmful code that is uploaded to your website can cause immense damage, ranging from an opening of a pop-up, to a password or session being stolen and even a complete system breach. It is important to include in your data security guidelines the frequency and duration you are able to check your system for malicious code, and what safeguards are in place to reduce the risk.
Be sure that the software platforms or scripts you use on your websites are updated regularly. Hackers are constantly looking for security flaws in popular web software applications and an absence of timely updates exposes your system to attack. Additionally, you must limit database or network access to the least number of users required to do their jobs.
Develop a response strategy to deal with potential breaches, and assign an employee to oversee the procedure. Depending on your company you may have to notify law enforcement, customers and credit bureaus. This is an important process that should be planned well in advance.
Implement strong password requirements and ensure you have a method to save passwords. For instance, you should require upper and lowercase characters, numerals, and special characters. Additionally, you can use salt and hash functions that are slow. Avoid the unnecessary storage of confidential user data, and if you do, minimize the risk by either encrypting the data or deleting it after a period of time.
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