Even with all the security
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2024 6:58 am
As hackers become increasingly clever, protecting your website is an ongoing process. To help you increase your website security, we have recently enhanced our Site Scanner add-on service with new features and introduced a Premium plan for maximum website security. To provide more information about this service enhancement, we hosted a live webinar (in English) with our Product and Technology Lead, Daniel Kanchev. In it, he explained how the latest Site Scanner update will improve your site security and answered your most frequently asked questions. If you missed the chance to attend, you can now catch up with the recording of our Site Scanner live webinar on YouTube. We also summarized some of the answers to your most popular questions, as well as the ones we didn't have enough time to answer during the live webinar.
Why should you protect your website in the first place?
Contrary to popular belief, all websites (big or small) are targets for hacker attacks. At the end of the day, attackers don't care whether you have a corporate website or a large eCommerce store, whether you have a couple hundred users or hundreds of thousands of visitors. Their goal is to maximize the impact of the attack, causing harm to both your company and your users. Some of the harm they cause includes stealing credit card data, sending spam emails, hosting malware on your site, storing files in your account, etc.
The bottom line is that everyone can be targeted and affected. That’s why it’s important to know how to secure your website. At SiteGround, we’re fanatic about the security of websites hosted on our platform. We’re taking a multi-layered approach to securing your sites at the infrastructure, server, and application levels, but since website security is also the responsibility of every website owner, we’re constantly adding new features and services to help you through this process and save you time, effort, and money, because dealing with the aftermath of a website attack takes time, leads to losses, and requires certain technical skills.
Doesn't SiteGround take care of my website's security?
SiteGround has taken a “security first” approach to our services and we take comprehensive care of the websites hosted on our platform. Here are some of the things we do:
General website security measures
Hosting account isolation ensures that your site is protected and unaffected in case another website on the same server gets hacked. It isolates your website from all other websites. If another client's website gets hacked, this will not affect your website. However, it is good to keep in mind that multiple applications within the same website (e.g. in different folders or subdomains of the same website) will need a bit more attention, as they share the same isolated protected space. Hacking one of them can lead to the other application being exploited. Therefore, it is a good idea to protect all your sites with strong passwords, and our SiteGround Security plugin for WordPress websites, for example.
Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules , written by our security experts, prevent your site from being hacked due to a security hole in a plugin, theme, etc. We wrote these smart firewall rules for a large percentage of WordPress plugins, themes, and other applications.
The intelligent AI anti-bot system scans all servers, websites, and traffic, and blocks requests from illegitimate websites, or displays a CAPTCHA, when it is not 100% sure that the requests are legitimate. Our AI anti-bot system also handles brute force attacks.
Geographically distributed backups to have your data safely available in another location, in case something happens to your server and data center.
24h server monitoring by our experienced system administrators to prevent security attacks, mitigate DDOS and react in a timely manner against any known or unknown threats.
WordPress Specific Security Measures
We offer automatic updates to WordPress core and plugins to ensure your website is up to date and secure.
We have developed a free WordPress security plugin available for both customers and non-customers: the SiteGround Security plugin . It allows you to add additional layers of security to your website and application.
Why do you need our Site Scanner security service then?
measures mentioned above, there is always a chance that your site could be hacked by an attacker who has found a way to access it.
Let’s imagine you’re connected to a public Wi-Fi network and you’re accessing your FTP japan whatsapp number data account from there. If the hacker is on the same Wi-Fi network and it’s an open network, they can sniff the traffic and see your username and password. This is just one of many examples of how attackers can “backdoor” your website.
That's why our Site Scanner comes in handy – even if something happens to your site, it will notify you about the problem and you can react, because:
Regularly check website threats and detect malware
It sends you timely alerts and notifications of threats
Gives you tools to react if your site is under attack (NEW)
Site Scanner is a great complement to everything else we do, because it gives you visibility and control if something suspicious is happening on your website, and provides you with a mechanism for timely reaction to limit the scope of an attack.
Frequently asked questions about how Site Scanner works to protect your website
With the latest update of Site Scanner, we offer two Site Scanner plans – Basic and Premium that provide your website with several security features . Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions about these features:
Why should you protect your website in the first place?
Contrary to popular belief, all websites (big or small) are targets for hacker attacks. At the end of the day, attackers don't care whether you have a corporate website or a large eCommerce store, whether you have a couple hundred users or hundreds of thousands of visitors. Their goal is to maximize the impact of the attack, causing harm to both your company and your users. Some of the harm they cause includes stealing credit card data, sending spam emails, hosting malware on your site, storing files in your account, etc.
The bottom line is that everyone can be targeted and affected. That’s why it’s important to know how to secure your website. At SiteGround, we’re fanatic about the security of websites hosted on our platform. We’re taking a multi-layered approach to securing your sites at the infrastructure, server, and application levels, but since website security is also the responsibility of every website owner, we’re constantly adding new features and services to help you through this process and save you time, effort, and money, because dealing with the aftermath of a website attack takes time, leads to losses, and requires certain technical skills.
Doesn't SiteGround take care of my website's security?
SiteGround has taken a “security first” approach to our services and we take comprehensive care of the websites hosted on our platform. Here are some of the things we do:
General website security measures
Hosting account isolation ensures that your site is protected and unaffected in case another website on the same server gets hacked. It isolates your website from all other websites. If another client's website gets hacked, this will not affect your website. However, it is good to keep in mind that multiple applications within the same website (e.g. in different folders or subdomains of the same website) will need a bit more attention, as they share the same isolated protected space. Hacking one of them can lead to the other application being exploited. Therefore, it is a good idea to protect all your sites with strong passwords, and our SiteGround Security plugin for WordPress websites, for example.
Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules , written by our security experts, prevent your site from being hacked due to a security hole in a plugin, theme, etc. We wrote these smart firewall rules for a large percentage of WordPress plugins, themes, and other applications.
The intelligent AI anti-bot system scans all servers, websites, and traffic, and blocks requests from illegitimate websites, or displays a CAPTCHA, when it is not 100% sure that the requests are legitimate. Our AI anti-bot system also handles brute force attacks.
Geographically distributed backups to have your data safely available in another location, in case something happens to your server and data center.
24h server monitoring by our experienced system administrators to prevent security attacks, mitigate DDOS and react in a timely manner against any known or unknown threats.
WordPress Specific Security Measures
We offer automatic updates to WordPress core and plugins to ensure your website is up to date and secure.
We have developed a free WordPress security plugin available for both customers and non-customers: the SiteGround Security plugin . It allows you to add additional layers of security to your website and application.
Why do you need our Site Scanner security service then?
measures mentioned above, there is always a chance that your site could be hacked by an attacker who has found a way to access it.
Let’s imagine you’re connected to a public Wi-Fi network and you’re accessing your FTP japan whatsapp number data account from there. If the hacker is on the same Wi-Fi network and it’s an open network, they can sniff the traffic and see your username and password. This is just one of many examples of how attackers can “backdoor” your website.
That's why our Site Scanner comes in handy – even if something happens to your site, it will notify you about the problem and you can react, because:
Regularly check website threats and detect malware
It sends you timely alerts and notifications of threats
Gives you tools to react if your site is under attack (NEW)
Site Scanner is a great complement to everything else we do, because it gives you visibility and control if something suspicious is happening on your website, and provides you with a mechanism for timely reaction to limit the scope of an attack.
Frequently asked questions about how Site Scanner works to protect your website
With the latest update of Site Scanner, we offer two Site Scanner plans – Basic and Premium that provide your website with several security features . Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions about these features: