The Importance of Server Security
Seventy percent of websites are at serious and immediate risk of being hacked and e-crime now equates to 7% of all crime against businesses. As the internet now accounts for such a large and growing portion of all commerce, industries cannot afford to leave their servers and networks open to attack.
This report covers:
- The importance of server security - passwords
- Introducing passwords - choosing successful terms
- Combating the hybrid or dictionary attack
- Preventing successful dictionary and hybrid attacks
- Size matters
- More password hints and tips
- Passwords in detail - Hashing and salting
- One way hash functions
- Hashed passwords
- Rainbow tables
- Salting your hashed passwords
- Brute force attacks
- Passwords and people - The social factors
- Other ways to avoid data loss
- Duplication of data
- Recent data losses
- Centralising your data prevents the need to duplicate
- Phishing
- Ensuring security for your customers
- How can businesses prove to web visitors their data is secure?
- SSL and EV SSL certificates
- Conclusions
- Sources.
