{"id":659,"date":"2025-12-26T08:27:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T07:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/?post_type=manual_kb&#038;p=659"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:27:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:27:27","slug":"how-to-secure-a-website","status":"publish","type":"manual_kb","link":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/knowledgebase\/how-to-secure-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How to secure a website?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"translation-block translation-block-merged\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you&#8217;re running a content-based website, an e-commerce site, or a membership site on <em><strong>HubSpot<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>WordPress<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Magento<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>Drupal<\/strong><\/em>, <em><strong>WooCommerce<\/strong><\/em> , or <em><strong>ExpressionEngine<\/strong><\/em>, securing your site is crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To secure your website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Install an SSL certificate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update your website regularly or enable automatic updates available with many scripts, e.g. <em><strong>WordPress<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use strong passwords and encourage your employees to do so.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create regular backups or use automatic backup services provided by your hosting provider or through a plugin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve the qualifications of your employees to combat and prevent phishing attacks and other cyberattacks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use antivirus software available even online, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virustotal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>VirusTotal<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use free security tools such as plugins available for many CMSs, e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/sucuri.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><strong>Sucuri<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[10,42],"manual_kb_tag":[],"class_list":["post-659","manual_kb","type-manual_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","manualknowledgebasecat-safety","manualknowledgebasecat-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybox.com\/help\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}