{"id":465,"date":"2015-07-07T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T13:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rackbank.com\/blog\/?p=465"},"modified":"2025-12-19T04:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:55:38","slug":"how-does-a-good-hosting-company-help-secure-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rackbank.com\/blog\/how-does-a-good-hosting-company-help-secure-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does a Good Hosting Company Help Secure Your Website?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-style: italic; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #0073aa; padding: 15px; border-radius: 6px;\">\n<p><b>TL;DR: How a Good Hosting Company Helps Secure Your Website<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encrypts sensitive customer data with SSL certificates for safe transactions. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Builds user trust by displaying HTTPS, padlock icons, and secure validation indicators. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protects against cyber-attacks by scanning your website for vulnerabilities. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alerts you instantly when security issues are detected and provides steps to fix them. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensures 24\u00d77 security monitoring through automated site scanners. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helps prevent data breaches that commonly target small business websites. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhances customer confidence, reducing drop-offs during checkout or form submissions. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the important ingredients of eCommerce business is how secured the site visitor finds the site in terms of using the features, sharing details like email and phone number and making transactions on the site.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to making payment on your site, if at all your customers get a feel that their sensitive data might be compromised, then they won\u2019t think twice to move onto tens of other options available online.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rackbank.com\"><strong>Server hosting services<\/strong><\/a> provide a lot of tailored solutions to ensure protection to your customers when they interact with your side. Two of the commonly used features are SSL certificate by which you can ensure encrypted flow transaction information and a site scanner to identify any potential security holes that could be compromised by hackers.<\/p>\n<h2>Let\u2019s dig a little deeper to understand each of the key areas:<\/h2>\n<h3><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">1. SSL Certificates<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 An SSL Certificate basically encrypts (codes in a format which can only decrypted by someone who knows the key for encryption) information transmitted to and from your site. This system makes it difficult for hackers or other cyber criminals to intercept. Most of the commonly used information during site interactions like Names, addresses, passwords, account and credit card numbers are submitted to a website with a valid SSL.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Your customers may be dealing with any information or filling out a form or providing their credit card information, or simply logging in to your site. But if the page isn&#8217;t secured by an SSL Certificate, the page is vulnerable to be attacked and the information of your customers could be misused in anyway.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-472 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rackbank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/antivir-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"dedicated server hosting\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rackbank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/antivir-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rackbank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/antivir-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rackbank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/antivir.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nInteresting Fact: A survey conducted by the Synovate, 62% of respondents said they look for the lock icon (SSL certificate) in a web address bar before making payments on the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 SSL Certificate is a way to gain trust of you customers that your site ensures that their interactions are secured. Your customers can easily view that your site is SSL secured: the address bar will display a padlock icon and the beginning of your URL changes from http:\/\/ to https:\/\/. With an Extended Validation Certificate. Also, the browser bar turns green as a visual indicator that the site is SSL certificate secured.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click to know<\/strong>&#8211; \u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rackbank.com\/blog\/benefits-of-using-ssl-certificate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benefits of using SSL Certificate<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2. Site scanners<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Most of the popularly known web hosting services are equipped with sophisticated website security scanners that scan the website&#8217;s code to find any loopholes that could be exploited by hackers. In the event of any issues identified, the scanner alerts you and provides requisite instructions to how to resolve it.<br \/>\n\u2022 Security is a feature that is needed 24&#215;7 and site scanners being used on a continual basis is the recommended strategy for ensuring a secure site. A scanner that launches automatically is something that most of the internet security experts stress on to have a sustainable, hassle-free online business.<br \/>\n\u2022 Some professional web scanner services not only help you to discover a security issue which is only half the battle; it also provides easy-to-follow instructions on how to resolve an issue and based on SLA, provide connect with security experts to remove the loopholes on priority basis.<br \/>\nInteresting Fact: These days, small business websites are prime target for hackers since they tend to have less security than the big-name corporate sites.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Better safe than sorry!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Security is one of the most talked elements since the inception of online business and e-commerce industry. The extent of impact of security can be measured by the distance between a one-time visitors and long-term customers, so overlooking the security features of your website may prove fatal to your business. Getting customers to your website through effective marketing and keeping them around your site with great design and content is easy, but they may leave your site without making a conversion if they don&#8217;t feel safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TL;DR: How a Good Hosting Company Helps Secure Your Website Encrypts sensitive customer data with SSL certificates for safe transactions. Builds user trust by displaying HTTPS, padlock icons, and secure validation indicators. Protects against cyber-attacks by scanning your website for vulnerabilities. Alerts you instantly when security issues are detected and provides steps to fix them. 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