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class="col-md-4 col-lg-4 col-offset-lg-1 page-block-excerpt"> <p>Hackers are becoming more creative and sophisticated every day, so your business’ cybersecurity focus needs to get out in front of them.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-5 col-offset-lg-1 page-block-content"> <div class="blogpost-image"> <picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNcvGDBfwAGtQLk4581vAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" data-srcset="/assets/f600x740-s5-q85-p1/f95fd871/philipp_katzenberger_iijruoerocq_unsplash.jpg.webp"><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNcvGDBfwAGtQLk4581vAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" data-srcset="/assets/f600x740-s5-q85-p1/f95fd871/philipp_katzenberger_iijruoerocq_unsplash.jpg"><img alt="philipp_katzenberger_iijruoerocq_unsplash.jpg" data-src="/assets/f600x740-s5-q85-p1/f95fd871/philipp_katzenberger_iijruoerocq_unsplash.jpg" 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col-offset-md-2 col-lg-6 col-offset-lg-3"> <div class="page-block-images"> </div> <div class="page-block-content contentblock-content"><p>If you’re a business owner, and you don’t want to lose sleep over the next few weeks, <a href="http://hostingtribunal.com/blog/hacking-statistics/">definitely avoid this article on hacking statistics</a>. On second thought, cybersecurity is one of the most important aspects of any modern business. If you’re avoiding thinking about it because you’re worried about your current cybersecurity architecture and practices, let this be the wakeup call you need. Let’s look at five key stats, to get an idea of the scope of the global hacking threat.</p> <ul> <li> <p><strong>A business is attacked by cybercriminals every 39 seconds.</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Cybercrime is a bigger industry than drug trafficking.</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>66% of businesses didn’t know whether they could recover from a cyberattack.</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>According to 80% of hackers, humans are most responsible for security breaches.</strong></p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Hackers create 300,000 new pieces of malware daily.</strong></p> </li> </ul> <p>Palms sweaty? Pit in the stomach? Feeling a little nauseous after reading those? If so, you can probably use some website security tips.</p> <p>Hackers never sleep, they innovate every day, and there’s huge amounts of money to be made in cybercrime, hacking, data breaches, and more. This means that your company has to make cybersecurity a priority not just today, but as an ongoing project.</p> <p>We’re going to get your brain started with the tips listed below, regarding what you can do today and on a regular basis to keep your website and data safe from hackers. However, you should also ensure you consult web security professionals, or better, hire them, to keep up with the updates, trends, and day-to-day of the cybersecurity world. Hackers and scammers are highly sophisticated and common these days, so keeping them at bay is a full time job.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="page-block contentblock contentblock--centered no-title" data-scroll> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-10 col-offset-1 col-md-8 col-offset-md-2 col-lg-6 col-offset-lg-3"> <div class="page-block-images"> <picture><source type="image/webp" media="(max-width: 544px)" srcset="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNcvGDBfwAGtQLk4581vAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" data-srcset="/assets/w544-s5-q85/ee9f6102/clint_patterson_dyeufb8kqjk_unsplash.jpg.webp 1x, /assets/w1088-s5-q70/ee9f6102/clint_patterson_dyeufb8kqjk_unsplash.jpg.webp 2x"><source type="image/jpeg" media="(max-width: 544px)" srcset="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNcvGDBfwAGtQLk4581vAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" 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Data breaches are becoming increasingly common (there’s even a website that can show you <a href="http://haveibeenpwned.com/">if your email has been involved in a data breach </a>[hint: it probably has]), which means that passwords are often the last line of defense.</p> <p>Once a password has been compromised, the next logical step is to try other accounts for the same password. If you’ve been lazy with your passwords, a hacker can instantly have access to everything you do online.</p> <p><strong>Password Management Tools</strong> are your best partner to prevent this from happening. They store all of your passwords into a single location, which is protected by an ultra-strong password that the tool helps you generate. By generating similarly strong passwords for all of your accounts, without the hassle of remembering all of them, a password management tool is a great way to reduce your chance of being the weak link in your cybersecurity system.<a href="http://www.cnet.com/how-to/best-password-manager/"> Check out some password management tools here.</a></p> <p><strong>Conduct Regular Back-ups:</strong> While an ideal cybersecurity routine would completely protect you from hackers, the real world is a lot messier than this, and there’s no silver bullet against all hackers. This means that it’s also important to mitigate the damage of any possible hack.</p> <p>Backing up your website regularly allows you to have peace of mind that, should your website be hacked and messed up, you can easily restore it to its original state once you wrest control back from the attackers. Many hosting providers will back up your website for you, but it’s important for this to be at the front of your web team’s mind too. If you're one of our clients, chances are we've already configured daily backups for you! Keeping an off-site backup is one of the most effective ways to prevent catastrophic damage in the case of a cyberattack.</p> <p><strong>Always Disable Unused Features:</strong> Some of the easier ways into your website are through the old, dusty, unused, forgotten or irrelevant features that you once used. These features are like a rusty old screen door, for an entrance you never use. However, burglars’ eyes light up when they see something like this, and cybercriminals are exactly the same.</p> <p>Any type of features on your website that you don’t use, whether they’re themes, plugins, or anything else not critical to your website’s functionality and user experience, has got to go. 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