Web Security
protect your investment
Because we firmly believe in retaining the integrity of the Internet, we take every precaution we can with your web presence. If you consider the time, effort and expense invested in producing a website, it is essential that you sufficiently protect this asset which is the first contact that your business has with the outside world.
One of the most important steps in securing your data is to keep the software running your website up-to-date. Hackers and undesirables take pleasure in creating cracks in software and pilfering your private information. Software developers try to keep ahead these bad people by patching their software. These can happen as often as weekly during bad attacks, monthly, bi-anually, or anually. They occur as required. However, we are aware when these attacks are occurring, and when valuable updates and patches are available for the software running your website. With the purchase of our pre-paid maintenance plans, we can ensure that your website's software is continuously up-to-date and therefore more secure than if left unattended.
Customers and web merchants have to deal with an array of threats such as:
- Indescriminate Monitoring and Unauthorized access: which is where your confidential information can be monitored by outside sources and intercepted transmissions can cause sensitive information to be stolen. One of the ways this is achieved is through insecure scripting embedded on your site. There are many scripts available for use on sites that have 'backdoors' or 'transparent images' that relay information out of your site. CGI scripts can be a major source of security holes, and JavaScript holes can involve infringements on the user's privacy.
- Spoofing: where vandals can create a fake site which masquerades as yours to retrieve data from unsuspecting customers or to disrupt your business.
- Data alteration: where content of an e-commerce transaction such as user names, credit card numbers, and dollar amounts can be altered en route.
Because Attitude e-media is part of a network consisting of programming and security experts, we endeavour to deliver to our clients the best of what is available.
useful links
The Standard of Good Practice for Information Security
Understanding Security and Privacy
W3C Security Resources
Symantec Web Security Center
Computer Incident Advisory Center
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
WebDeveloper.com
The Internet Integrity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Australian Computer Emergency Response Team
Web Development Community
