How to Protect your Website Against Cyber Security Threats in 2016

If you thought 2015 was a bad year for cyber security (think Ashley Madison and Talk Talk), the outlook for 2016 looks considerably worse. According to global risk security company, Control Risk, next year will see a 37% increase in the severity of cyber-attacks on industrial control systems.

How will cyber-attacks develop in 2016?

What should concern us most about the predictions for 2016 is not just the increase in the number cyber-attacks but the increase in their severity. The report states that rather than just wanting to steal data, cyber criminals are increasingly focused on manipulating data and affecting the integrity of systems. They either want to infect sites with malware, corrupt the data stored on them or take them down completely.

9 steps to safeguard your system for 2016

1. Ensure you have the latest version of your software installed

2. Follow developers’ guidelines and sign up for updates

3. Switch to https with site-wide SSL

4. Ensure that intrusion prevention systems are enabled

5. Use your .htaccess file to defend your website

6. Use a vulnerability scanner

7. Make sure you regularly backup your data

8. Enable an application firewall

9. Make sure you use a high-performance network firewall

 Original Article: eukhost

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