Web Security

What is a secure site? Traditionally when you hear someone say 'Our website is Secure ' they imply that their website uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and that the traffic is encrypted (The little lock in your browser usually appears) unfortunately Encryption doesn 't make a website secure. Sure encryption makes sure that nobody can sniff your session (see what you 're doing), but if the site you 're submitting personal data to contains a Vulnerability an attacker can still steal your data. Some sites contain logo 's saying 'Secured by XXX ' (XXX being a vendor name) but you can 't trust these one bit. Rather then paying for a security monitoring service a website owner could easily just copy the image and save a few thousands dollars doing it. Unfortunately not everyone knows how to secure a website and some blind trust is needed in order to perform some everyday tasks. To ease your mind there are some rules that certain types of sites must follow in order to remain active. Security Web Security Guard is an application developed by Crawler that prevents the user from entering potentially dangerous Web sites that may cause adware, viruses, spyware, or spam.Web Security Guard informs of potentially dangerous websites by displaying information and user reviews before entering websites.It uses a database of web site ratings and reviews provided by the users. Crawler Toolbar comes with Web Security Guard keeping it up to date and providing combined search results from major Internet search engines. When a computer connects to a network and begins communicating with others, it is taking a risk. Internet security involves the protection of a computer 's internet account and files from intrusion of an unknown user.[1] Basic security measures involve protection by well selectedpasswords, change of file permissions and back up of computer 's data.
Security concerns are in some ways peripheral to normal business working, but serve to highlight just how