Data Safety Instructions For Website Owners
Privacy of data is a situation in which the old adage “prevention is better then cure” is certainly true. A small piece of harmful code uploaded to your website could cause major damage, ranging from a pop-up window opening to passwords or sessions stolen and even complete system compromise. As part of your data security guidelines it is important to define the frequency and manner in which your system scans for this type of malicious code and what safeguards are in place to limit the risk.
Update your software or scripts that you utilize on your site regularly. Hackers aggressively target security flaws in popular web software and an absence of timely updates exposes your system to attack. Additionally, you should restrict access to networks or databases to the least number of users required to do their duties.
Make a plan to address any possible breaches. You should assign a person from your staff to manage the process. Depending on the nature of your business, you might be required to notify consumers, law enforcement, customers and credit bureaus. This is a major process that should be planned out in advance.
Set up strong password requirements and make sure you have a method to save passwords. For example, requiring upper and lowercase characters, numerals, and special characters. You can also make use of salt and hash functions that are slow. Avoid storing confidential data about users and when you need to reduce the risk, do so by encryption or deleting the information after a certain time.