​​​​Solutions regarding website security against targeted attacks

Having a look at the URL bar is a simple way to check if a website is secure (URL). It is not secure if it contains an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) symbol. And if it’s an HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) icon, it indicates the website has been SSL-certified (Secure Sockets Layer).

SSL is the accepted standard for security technologies. SSL certificates assist to secure the privacy of all data exchanged between web servers and browsers.

However, SSL is still only the most basic form of authentication for a website. An insecure website is more likely to lose connection (downtime), rendering it inaccessible to users.

Secure your website with a firewall

WAF (Web Application Firewall) is a security layer that stands between a web browser (Web Client) and a web server (Web Server). Web firewalls provide an additional layer of security by monitoring and restricting all traffic to and from enterprise resources.

There are 3 types of WAFs on the market that are applied in various environments: network platform (Network-Based), cloud platform (Cloud-Based), and server platform (Host-Based).

Secure a website with available tools

The steps of developing security for a web application are sometimes lengthy, boring, and contain lines of code that programmers can forget. As a consequence, tools that automate the detection of website vulnerabilities were born and provide a variety of solutions for detecting web application vulnerabilities such as:

• Nmap: this tool is quite flexible, it can handle small security holes and help enterprises check the security of network systems and network services.

• Xenotix XSS Exploit Framework: An OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) tool, the Xenotix engine helps in the detection of XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) assaults, allowing you to rapidly validate the input of the website vulnerable to browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, and Coc Coc.

Regularly upgrading the latest version of the website ensures security.

One of the most common methods for hackers to get access to your website is through vulnerabilities, which are frequently found in older or unrepaired versions of your website.

Some updates, mainly the operating system and server software upgrades, are automatically done.

Others, however, must be done “manually,” such as content management systems (CMS) and extensions (Extensions), which provide several benefits.

Make sure your CMS, Extensions, and any scripts are regularly updated to the current version to prevent vulnerabilities on your company website.

Daily data backup (Backup Website) ensures security.

When businesses regularly back up their data, website security becomes more effective and simple. Despite the strong security measures, there is no guarantee that hackers will not be able to enter the website. Companies can restore website data from prior data backups if your website is hacked or has difficulties that cause website failures and, in the worst-case scenario, data loss. The website may be easily restored.

In the worst-case situation, enterprises can employ cloud storage (Cloud Storage) as a highly secure location to store company website data.

Using monitoring software.

The use of real-time monitoring tools on the system will assist enterprise security teams in monitoring and managing their systems in real-time 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When there is a security problem, system intrusion, or other problem, the system promptly notifies the administrator so that the problem may be addressed as soon as possible, preventing and limiting potential damage.

When businesses use continuous web application security testing to find security flaws in the system, 90 percent of the security vulnerabilities will be caused by the process of firms constructing web application systems. These flaws will always remain, waiting for an opportunity to escalate and harm the firm.

Encrypt data

Data encryption is the fundamental technique for protecting users’ data from unauthorized access.

Data encryption has no authority to interfere with data transmission, and it can obscure data for those who actively examine it to obtain information, making web applications safer and secure.

Risk evaluation

Identifying security requirements is crucial when developing successful protocols. At this point, you must calculate and evaluate those aspects that have the ability to impact the security of your application, whether it is web-based or not.

For instance: data sensitivity, traceability, legal duties, who has access to it, and so on. Following the identification of security requirements, organizations should prioritize issues that have a significant influence on the web application in order to build the most appropriate web application security techniques.

Services for website and web application security

After understanding website security solutions and web application protection, firms should integrate security services to provide optimal website safety.

When businesses steadily improve, contribute more value to society, and become financially solid, dealing with attacks on websites with the goal of unfair competition will become more common.

The VNIS platform offers full website and web application security services. VNIS totally eliminates website security flaws and speeds up numerous complex security operations. Businesses who employ VNIS’s services will receive the following particular benefits:

• Automatic SSL authentication integration: If your website does not already have an SSL security certificate, the free package will automatically certify the website for SSL security. If your website already has SSL, VNIS will manage it on the same security management platform as VNIS. Administrators may thus control all security actions from a single location.

• Utilized Multi-Cloud WAF firewall system: As previously said, there are three types of WAF used in various contexts. However, while utilizing VNIS, organizations will be protected by the Multi-Cloud WAF functionality against common vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection, XSS, and, in particular, the top ten vulnerabilities according to the OWASP report.

• Enhance website security: Instead of employing security tools to help find vulnerabilities on the website, as indicated at the start of the article, VNIS will automatically safeguard all weaknesses on the website. This will save the IT staff time, money, and effort.

If your business is interested in experiencing VNIS solution, please reach out to us via our hotline: (028) 7306 8789 or contact@vnetwork.vn or email to sales@vnetwork.vn for expert support and consultation.