Website Security Protects Everyone

Another problem is that many companies perceive website security as a form of self-protection. Certainly, if your website is down or compromised it can hurt your business and expose your company data. But we think that everyone should think of website security as something more than that.

Companies spend a lot of money and time on marketing and SEO to invite customers to visit their websites. To be effective, that visit needs to be a trusted, secure interaction between you and your customer. Taking basic security precautions protects you and your customer by making sure that no one is listening in or interfering with that interaction.

In the world of website development and security, SSL (Secure Socket Layer) has been getting a lot of attention this year. And with good reason. Not only is the internet threat environment as risky as ever, but the major browser and search engine companies have been taking active and dramatic steps to push everyone into better security protocols.

Website owners and companies that have been security complacent for years have been pushed into implementing more and better SSL solutions by the big tech giants. When big companies use their market power to stifle competition or monopolize pricing, that’s a bad thing. But when they are forcing other companies to make the internet a safer place, that’s not so bad.