{"id":5039,"date":"2020-10-22T10:04:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T04:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=5039"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:43:14","slug":"how-website-maintenance-can-protect-a-site-against-hacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-website-maintenance-can-protect-a-site-against-hacks","title":{"rendered":"How Website Maintenance can Protect a Site Against Hacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-website-maintenance-can-protect-a-site-against-hacks\/#The_long_term_impacts_of_a_companys_website_getting_hacked\" title=\"The long term impacts of a company\u2019s website getting hacked?\">The long term impacts of a company\u2019s website getting hacked?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-website-maintenance-can-protect-a-site-against-hacks\/#Steps_to_Take_to_Defend_Your_Website_Against_Cyber-Attacks\" title=\"Steps to Take to Defend Your Website Against Cyber-Attacks:\">Steps to Take to Defend Your Website Against Cyber-Attacks:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-website-maintenance-can-protect-a-site-against-hacks\/#Updating_Website_Software\" title=\"Updating Website Software:\">Updating Website Software:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/how-website-maintenance-can-protect-a-site-against-hacks\/#Boost_the_Site_Speed_and_Keep_Proper_Backup\" title=\"Boost the Site Speed and Keep Proper Backup\">Boost the Site Speed and Keep Proper Backup<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today, most business owners have created a website to promote their services or products and attract fresh leads. Many organizations have also hired dedicated resources to upgrade the content on their sites, but what is really surprising is the lack of attention on the security and functionality of the website.\u00a0 This negligence of technical website support and maintenance leads to websites getting hacked. The most significant factors that contribute to poor website security are no site maintenance support and poor web hosting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here in this blog, let\u2019s explore the impacts of website hacks and the importance of website maintenance to protect against such hacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_long_term_impacts_of_a_companys_website_getting_hacked\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The long term impacts of a company\u2019s website getting hacked?<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Google keeps a constant eye on the worldwide web and it has tools that detect hacked sites. Once the website is hacked, Google can blacklist the site and being blacklisted means that your site will now show up in the search engine result pages, which will make it very difficult for the site owners to find visitors online. It is said that Google blacklists about 10,000 websites every day and any Google ads which are linked to your hacked website will also not be displayed until the site is fixed.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/how-to-make-the-most-out-of-your-website-maintenance-services\">How to Make the Most Out of Your Website Maintenance Services<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Getting hacked means that all your search engine optimization efforts will also be wasted and the process to remove the site from Google blacklist can be a difficult task especially for small business owners.\u00a0 This will also have a great negative impact on your branding when potential clients can find your business online. You will start to lose business opportunities which will never return in future.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steps_to_Take_to_Defend_Your_Website_Against_Cyber-Attacks\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Steps to Take to Defend Your Website Against Cyber-Attacks:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You need to perform regular website maintenance so that your business website doesn\u2019t have any flaws in it which can make it a target to cyber-attacks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Updating_Website_Software\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Updating Website Software:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you are using any kind of CMS or any script like PHP, then it is important to be updated with the latest versions. Hiring a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/website-maintenance-services\/\">website maintenance service provider<\/a><\/span> will ensure that the software is updated on a regular basis and they will also check if things like FTP service running on the server is updated. In case you run your own web server, it needs to be manually tested and updates applied. This will help to keep the attackers at bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/task-that-your-website-maintenance-and-support-service-provider-should-do\">Task that Your Website Maintenance and Support Service Provider Should Do<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Boost_the_Site_Speed_and_Keep_Proper_Backup\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Boost the Site Speed and Keep Proper Backup<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">About 25% of the users leave the website if it takes more than 3 seconds to load. 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