How secure is your on-line brand?
A couple of incidents recently have caused me to ask this question, and it’s is one you should be asking too. In many cases you may find that it is not be as secure as it needs to be.
In simple terms your on-line brand consists of 2 elements:
1. Your domain name
2. Your website
There are a few things you need to check with both of these elements:
Your Domain Name
This is arguably the most important factor as this IS your on-line brand. It is therefore essential that it is secure. To confirm that it is, you need to check that the domain registered to you. If it is not, get it changed NOW.
You can check this by doing a Whois lookup (here is a link to the one we use – www.dnsstuff.com) and check the Registrant Details. This should be your company. If it isn’t you need to get on to your domain supplier & ask them to change it.
Your Website
The big question here is “Are your website and any associated databases backed up regularly”.
Ask yourself the question:
“If I woke one morning to find my website was gone, or worse still had been hacked & replaced with someone else’s content, what would I do?”
If you have a back up the answer is simple – restore the back up and you are sorted. If its not, then the result could be an expensive rebuild from scratch!
You should check with your web provider that your site is backed up regularly and what they would do in the case of a “disaster”.
If you have any concerns that your web presence is not secure, feel free to contact us, and we will be happy to give you our input.