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Tag >> Security

Three Steps to Greater Website Security

Posted by: Raul Reynoso in Web Development, Security on Apr 02, 2009

Often small businesses do not pay enough attention to website security issues.  Some feel they don't have particularly sensitive information on their website.  Others ask whether their website will be targeted at all. 

The answer to the second question is yes.  Being a small player is no protection.  A wolf doesn't go after the biggest meal; it goes after the easiest one.  Hackers are no different.  They scan the herd for the weakest member. 

How do they do this?  They use automated methods to attack large numbers of computers until they find an obvious weakness.  For example, a brute force attack may use a large number of username and password pairs until it finds one that works. 

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