Secure your site with HTTPS(ssl)

Is your Website secured? Secure your site with HTTPS (ssl)

Protect your website from hackers.
HTTP stands for hypertext transfer protocol whereas HTTPS stands for hypertext transfer protocol secure. The solution to encrypt information that you communicate between a Browser and Web Server.
HTTPS  protects your website from attacks, where the middle person steals the information being sent to a website, like credit card information, bank details or passwords

Earlier E-commerce websites, banking websites and websites conducting transactions or collecting secure information had HTTPS. But now it has become necessary for every organisation to have HTTPS for their websites as many hackers have started targeting small businesses.

• • • How to Check if your site is secured?
    • Reasons to have SSL security (https://yourdomain.com)
    • How to get SSL Certificate for your website?

    • How To Check  Website Is Secured?
      

      To check your site is secured and has SSL properly installed. Simply type “https://” in your address bar, followed by your domain name https://yourdomain.com. A lock icon in your address bar indicates, SSL has been installed on your server. If you see an error message it means that you do not have SSL installed, or it has not been configured properly.
      You can also test with a free online service test SSL Server Test for analysis and additional information about of SSL web serve.

    •  Reasons to have SSL security (https://yourdomain.com)
      

      1.     Prevents Website From Hackers (Improves Security)

      HTTPS improves trust. It protects both user’s information & your information from hackers. Most attackers target small organisations these days and as a result, the company’s website displays hackers page.
      In case of e-commerce sites, 90% would abandon a purchase in case the site does not have HTTPS. It is suggested not to perform any transaction or do any banking transaction in case the site does not have HTTPS.

      Not only do your visitors pay attention to your site’s security, but so does Google. Google marks HTTP sites with a red triangle with a “Not Secure” label written in red.

      2.   Increased Google Rankings

      Google now officially recommends securing websites with HTTPS, if you want your site to be listed on search engine’s first page. Google’s ranking algorithm favors HTTPS and this will draw more visitors to your site.

      3.  Builds Customer’s Confidence

      

      A user would not like to visit a site where the browser displays Not Secure for a site without HTTPS. While a site with HTTPS  displays a closed lock, which gives peace of mind to user that It would not harm the device being used for browsing. It would cause anxiety and concern to and would not enter his simple details like entering a name, email, and phone number into a basic lead generation form.

      4. Google’s Chrome Browser marks all HTTP websites as not secure

      Chrome marks all HTTP sites as “not secure.” Google Chrome and many browsers shows the  “not secure” warning when users enter data on HTTP pages.

    

    • How to get SSL Certificate for your website?
      

      The process includes purchasing, signing and applying the certificate. In case you are aware of the process you can install it or your own.
      You can contact your hosting company to move your site to a server that offers SSL. A programmer or server administrator will help you implement the SSL certificate.  The process includes purchasing, signing and applying the certificate. This usually takes 2-4 days. It entails generating a CSR signing code through ssh from the hosting server and submitting this CSR code to the certificate vendor you purchased the SSL from.  The vendor will then issue a certificate and an intermediate certificate which you will need to install on your hosting server.

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