The security of a website is as important as its existence

b 200 200 232 techical supportMaking a dynamic website is not enough if you do not ensure the care of the website with the updating to new software and of course every 3-4 years the general upgrade of the site to new technologies, since in the era of computer science, what is a fact today is in the past tomorrow.

The existence of a website depends on 2 basic factors:

1. To be compatible with new technologies and server programs.
2.To be safe from hacking and programs that install to your website a certain code – virus, to gain full control of your server.

Hackers usually aim to one of the following 4:

1. To gain full control of the server and use it as a mail server with the purpose of sending spam e-mails with no trace.
2. To create, within your website, a hidden sub page, through which they will gain full information of your clients credit cards, using as a response point the server's ip.
3.To use the visitors of the website in order to promote them a message or an advertisement.
4. To destroy the website for various political, ideological, religious or other reasons (in this category we rarely find any commercial or personal websites).

It is of the utmost importance  to ensure the safety of the website, by assigning this to an expert, who can bring it through and since you do not have the necessary technical knowledge. It is not enough to have a hosting company, as a simple hosting service is restricted only to the server's function.
The server has no responsibility towards the applicatiob and the content of the website. This means, essentially, that in case of a hack, the hosting website will, at the best case scenario, restore your website to its previous state with the last back-up, and only if the back-up itself was not infected with viruses and malware.

Some of the last announcements concerning internet security, Facebook, for the year 2013 and only, spent more than 1,5 million dollars on hackers, tracing malware and viruses able to hurt the social networking sit.

Obviously you do not need to invest 1,5 million dollars, but less than 1 euro a day for this purpose. Make sure when signing up with a host to get a contact for maintenance as well. You can see here some of our company's contracts....