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DON’T BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF WEBSITE HACKING It’s a nightmare for any website owner. You lose control, information and the time it takes to fix it all, not to mention the trust of your customers... Here are some tips to prevent this from happening to your site. NO DEFAULTS USE TEST VERSION DO SOMETHING EXTRA 1 230 0 00 0 0 937 4792 03 33 000 00 1 2 3 00 0 00 0 9 3 74 7 9203 3 300 00 0 1 2 3 00 0 00 0 9 37 4 7 9203 33 00 000 1 23 00 0 00 0937 4 792 03 3 3 0 00 00 1 2 3 000 0 0093 7 47920333000 0 0 1 230 0 000 093 7479203330 0 0 0 0 ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION FOR YOUR CMS SOFTWARE. SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS ARE CONSTANTLY UPGRADING FUNCTIONALITY AND FILLING IN SECURITY GAPS. UPDATING WILL HELP YOU KEEP ALL THE BACKDOORS TO YOUR SITE CLOSED TIGHT. BE EASY TO REMEMBER C0NTA1N NUMB3R5 HAVE $YMBOL$ EXAMPLE: 0rlando@J3ffers0n COMBINE A STREET NAME WITH YOUR LAST NAME AND CHOOSE A LETTER TO REPLACE WITH NUMBERS. YOUR PASSWORD SHOULD... Don’t let your website be at risk. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR ‘ WEBSITE AND GROWING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS, GO TO: www.kwikturnmedia.com WHEN PROMPTED TO USE A DEFAULT USERNAME FOR YOUR CMS SITE... DON’T. ATTACKERS SPECIFICALLY TARGET DEFAULT USERNAMES. MAKE A UNIQUE USERNAME TO ADD SECURITY TO YOUR SITE. DON’T BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH THE SECURITY BUILT INTO YOUR WEBSITE. ADD AN EXTRA LEVEL OF SECURITY LIKE WORDFENCE FOR WORDPRESS. KEEP YOUR WEBSITE SAFE AND KEEP THE TRUST OF YOUR CUSTOMERS .htaccess file TO ALLOW PER-DIRECTORY ACCESS CONTROL FOR EXAMPLE: CAN REQUIRE A PASSWORD TO ACCESS THE CONTENT. robots.txt THE FILE TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THEIR SITE TO WEB ROBOTS. FILE PERMISSIONS SPECIFY WHO AND WHAT CAN READ, WRITE MODIFY AND ACCESS FILES ON YOUR SITE. © Kwikturn Media October 2013 Sources: wordpress.org, javascriptkit.com ADD THE BASICS MAKE STRONG PASSWORDS

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Website hacking is truly a nightmare for business owners who depend on their websites to help grow their business, not hurt their business. The worst part is that you don’t just lose control, information, and the time it takes to fix it. You also lose the trust of your customers, trust that can be impossible to regain.

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Page 1: How to Secure Your Website infographic

DON’T BE THE NEXT VICTIM OF WEBSITE HACKING

It’s a nightmare for any website owner. You lose control, information and the time it takes to fix it all, not to mention the trust of your customers...Here are some tips to prevent this from happening to your site.

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USE�TEST VERSION

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ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LATEST VERSION FOR YOUR CMS SOFTWARE.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS ARE CONSTANTLY UPGRADING FUNCTIONALITY AND FILLING IN SECURITY GAPS.

UPDATING WILL HELP YOU KEEP ALL THE BACKDOORS TO YOUR SITE CLOSED TIGHT.

BE EASY TO REMEMBERC0NTA1N NUMB3R5HAVE $YMBOL$EXAMPLE: 0rlando@J3ffers0nCOMBINE A STREET NAME WITH YOUR LAST NAME AND CHOOSE A LETTER TO REPLACE WITH NUMBERS.

YOUR PASSWORD SHOULD...

Don’t let your website be at risk.TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR ‘WEBSITE AND GROWING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS, GO TO: www.kwikturnmedia.com

WHEN PROMPTED TO USE A DEFAULT USERNAME FOR YOUR CMS SITE... DON’T.

ATTACKERS SPECIFICALLY TARGET DEFAULT USERNAMES.

MAKE A UNIQUE USERNAME TO ADD SECURITY TO YOUR SITE.

DON’T BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH THE SECURITY BUILT INTO YOUR WEBSITE.

ADD AN EXTRA LEVEL OF SECURITY LIKE WORDFENCE FOR WORDPRESS.

KEEP YOUR WEBSITE SAFE AND KEEP THE TRUST OF YOUR CUSTOMERS

.htaccess fileTO ALLOW PER-DIRECTORY ACCESS CONTROL FOR EXAMPLE: CAN REQUIRE A PASSWORD TO ACCESS THE CONTENT.

robots.txtTHE FILE TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THEIR SITE TO WEB ROBOTS.

FILE PERMISSIONSSPECIFY WHO AND WHAT CAN READ, WRITE MODIFY AND ACCESS FILES ON YOUR SITE.

© Kwikturn Media October 2013 Sources: wordpress.org, javascriptkit.com

ADDTHE BASICS

MAKESTRONGPASSWORDS